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- as doing so increases your standing with vB users across the world (pirated as well as legitimate). In effect, you are improving your PR immensely.
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The sheer ignorance of this remark alone makes any other argument you made worthless.
"By helping criminals, you improve your image by encouraging more theft simply by offering support that is subsidized by those who actually pay for the product."
Anyone who thinks the percentage of illegal sites is insignificant has never run a software company.