There is also another popular myth that pirated versions do not impact sales. Stealing is stealing no matter if it is a Porsche 911 turbo, music, software or a pack of gum. I'd wager you would not say, 'Wow, I had some great stuff and feel honored someone went to all the trouble of taking it.' if someone broke into your house and stole your property. I mean, didn't you already know that? Why else would you spend time creating it if you didn't think it was worth anything?

I am always shocked when I see developers are happy that someone thought their software was worth stealing. I have had several products marketed to both individuals and businesses. Ok, I've been selling software online for almost 10 years. And I'd say this page became a very good read for any programmer interested in the topic. Post discussion: As I see how much interest this question generated I'd say even if not purely programming topic the community needed to say what they think. Is there anything the software author can do to get the cracked version offline, or I'm just boned and shouldn't create anymore software, but just work on client's projects? What's your advice? Anybody with experience in that?Įdit: programming is what I do- so no question about whether or not continuing, just is that clients pay per project in real money, and I still don't know if indie development would pay at least for the time invested, and now with the cracked download I'm trying to evaluate what to do, and if there's way to react Today I found the first web site where people download it cracked, and I was wondering if any of you fellow programmers know how to react to such stuff? So, after 6 months of hard work finally released my application. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance.

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