Those that cannot afford it now will likely purchase it later.
But here is my attempt to give 3 pro's and the 3 cons to piracy (keeping it as simple as possible):ġ. The problem with piracy is that it is impossible to write a catch-all sentence that would condemn it or praise it you would need several thick books worth of discussion to break it down. So yeah, if you're a professional you'll own legal software, if you're not, no one cares. In the end it comes down to this: Adobe don't care if individuals use their software for free because it just locks them into using their software forcing companies to buy Adobe software where most of their income comes from.Įver wondered why offices only use Microsoft Excel? It's because schools only teach kids how to use this brand of software. The reason they do this is because everyone in art will be proficient in Photoshop and companies will find that most of their prospective employees know how to use it so they end up buying site licenses for their offices and they can't afford not to so Adobe crank up the prices. No serious business person will risk their company over software license.Īdobe and other companies will often provide cheap education licenses and often students don't pay anything for them so it's not uncommon for people to have Photoshop for free without breaking the law. Please tell me your views on the subject because I'm really interested in hearing other peoples opinions.īasically if you are in a registered company you will have to do everything legally. Maybe they have got it properly, who am I to judge? But does anybody really know? And can anybody prove it? Take Unity for example, I don't know whether it's possible to get an illegitimate pro version, but I've certainly seen videos on youtube of single people no older than 20 with this £1000 version. It's becoming so unbelievably common now that I think it's fair to say that potentially up to 50% of software people own today is illegitimate. I mean, why should they pay for it if tonnes of others have it and didn't pay anything? Take ZBrush for example, yeah it feels great knowing that I own this piece of software and people who have pirated it probably feel really bad (even though they are £500 better off), I ultimately ask myself whether anybody will know that this particular model was made inside of a cracked version? The answer is no, they will not. (The one about ZBrush and Maya 2K11 training) and I have mixed feelings on the subject and I'm just interested in other peoples views.Īlthough it is obviously illegal and naughty, I don't question peoples motives. This is inspired by a thread I came across earlier in which people were discussing the use of illegitimate software for making games. Hello, (for the record, I am writing this while listening to )