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Re:Russia to legalize software piracy by Intermernet on Monday March 07, 2022 @09:33AM (#30588253)
Quick counter point re music software.

I pirated Ableton Live until v5. I've paid for the full suite every release after that. If I hadn't pirated it, I wouldn't be paying for it now. This is pretty much ubiquitous in Ableton users, and I'm pretty sure that it applies to many other high end software packages. Photoshop would probably be the best example, but Office, Autocad and many others would have a similar customer base.

Re:Russia to legalize software piracy by monetus on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:03AM (#30588584)
I've seen thousands funneled to ableton this way.