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Re:Editorial: "How piracy changed my life" by chasing on Saturday December 01, 2012 @05:15PM (#4859201)
No, it's pretty far off from reality. It's an extreme edge case that doesn't at all justify pirating Photoshop.
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Re:Editorial: "How piracy changed my life" by angersock on Saturday December 01, 2012 @05:18PM (#4859214)
Ah, you're correct--we were talking about software mainly, not music.

Software companies never go out of business without selling off their assets, and it's the extreme edge-case where people continue to distribute the works.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware
This truly seldom happens.
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Re:Editorial: "How piracy changed my life" by Kerrick on Saturday December 01, 2012 @06:00PM (#4859333)
Again, abandonware does not justify pirating Photoshop, a product that is constantly updated by a very active company.
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