What to do about software piracy?

[oldfart13]

I got a big laugh from this site:

http://www.piratesinfo.com/detail/detail.php?article_id=77

[jackal70058]

Guess its safe to say he doesn't like Microsoft much.

[northcat_8]

I find the whole concept of anti-piracy laughable.

I mean, it is his own technology that is allowing these people to get around security features Seems to me they are losing double. They spend millions to create anti-piracy methods, so they don't lose millions in sales...when less than a week after a product is released, someone has already broken the security, wrote a patch, or found a serial for the product. So they spend millions to create something that won't work to stop something they can't even slow down.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall RCA having issues with people pirating Elvis Pressley records when they were vinyl. When record companies seek to increase profits by making their process cheaper but charging the consumer more, then I think piracy creates a much needed measure of justice to those greedy bastards charging $20 for something that costs $.003 to produce.