EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 30/12/2004, at 6:23 AM, Fernstudio wrote:

>  You're also making a big assumption that people will continue to pay
>  for the software they currently pay for after they are able to get it
>  for free without cracking of any kind - a pretty big risk for a 
> company
>  if that backfires.

If you really want to get an illegal copy you could probably get almost 
anything you wanted now, despite the copy protection schemes (I admit 
this is sheer speculation). I think if people are treated like lousy 
thieves from the start they're more likely to behave that way so 
psychologically copy protection might even encourage dishonesty.

An interesting experiment would be if a company provided one or two 
lines of unprotected samples along with their usual range of protected 
ones to see if it made any difference to sales.

> Should the statement rather
>  read not that the vendors should simply trust in customer honesty but
>  rather that customers should support the vendors by buying all the
>  software they use and educating their friends to do the same?

It would be on both parties. Of course customers should support the 
vendors. It's quite unreasonable not to.

OK, I won't say any more.

Andris