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Originally Posted by Alisa
... How many of those 11% would be too poor to afford the ticket? It could be a social benefit to allow them free access. It's like the DRM-mentality in so many ways. They just see the fact that someone's getting something for free, not the fact that they may be throwing $10 at a $1 problem and hurting their own product in the process.
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Exactly!!!!
I hate those outrageous claims, like Microsoft loosing billions in China due to piracy. How many users in China can affors $500+ for Office? Is Microsoft on drugs? Of course, now they have special pricing for China, fraction of a cost in North America. How is that suppose to make us feel here paying hundreds of dollars for their software.
Hollywood is even worse. Computer software is often a necessity. Music and movies are a luxury. If they did stop all piracy in China and other poor countries they certainly would not see many more billions coming from there. It is a joke.
Meanwhile anti-piracy measures like DRM have a far greater effect on law abiding paying customers than poor people who cannot afford to pay high prices. They still go to their pirates and pay the same minimal price regardless of the latest DRM. No change.
Yeah, at some point they need to look at the bigger picture and discover they are chasing that last cent, past the point of diminishing returns. There is only so much money people have available.