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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
... Pirates drive up prices for the rest of us who are buying things legally, .... If you don't agree with a particularly DRM system, then don't buy things in that format and vote with your wallet....
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Hm, I am not sure it's all this simple.
Depending on the market, piracy may at times cause price reductions.
For instance, if it was not for rampant piracy, the music industry would likely not have agreed to the $0.99 per song price point pushed by Apple. And likely we would still have heavy DRM on all songs.
In fact, the threat of piracy was the big stick wielded by Apple, when the music labels were attempting to force prices of $2+ per song at the Apple Store last year.
A to modding, people do it for many reasons, often enough unrelated to piracy. I've jailbroken both my iPhones, not to steal a few sub-$5 applications, but to enable features I would not otherwise be able to have.
Oh, and "voting with your wallet," while useful in a reasonably open market, is at other times the equivalent to cutting your nose, to spite your face....