06-17-2009, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by whitetigergrowl
It actually still does make the case.
So if Vbulletin is making close to 50 million a year for example, and they wanted to start suing people that are using it illegally because it's hurting their profits, it still makes the case. It's not a matter of how much they are making or have grossed thus far. It's the amount of revenue they feel they have lost from potential profits.
So in the case of Transformers for example, if they feel they have lost close to 500 million dollars (or even $50 for that matter)...then it still makes the case as that is still a chunk of change. The same with Vbulletin. Vbulletin makes a chunk of change. Why would they continue to waste time and money trying to shut down illegal forums or those sharing illegal versions of VB? It's all the same in the end.
As for that study. If they were really 10x more likely to pay for it, then they wouldn't need to be downloading it illegally would they? Logic really flies out the window with that. Why pay for it, when you already have it free? I would say that study is horribly flawed.
Either way, pirating something just because you don't like the cost of it or believe everything in life should be free, is a poor excuse to do so. Remember that the next time someone steals something from you.
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