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I think the typical argument is that piracy makes things accessible to everyone, and the market as a whole benefits from that greater audience. Think of how man
by AlotOfReading 5y ago
I think the typical argument is that piracy makes things accessible to everyone, and the market as a whole benefits from that greater audience. Think of how many photographers got started with a pirated copy of Photoshop or reverse engineers with Ida.
- zepto 5y agoSure, which is only true if the maker actually gains from the greater market share indirectly. This is almost certainly only going to be true in a tiny number of cases - e.g. photoshop, where commercial users generally don’t use pirate copies, and do get sued if they are found to.