| Re: Anybody note the intended price change after Jan 1/08 = buy licenses fast and use X_mas 20% off also
Samuri - that is the risk they must accept (and must have evaluated) with such a price hike.
I'm not advocating piracy of their, or anybody else's material - far from it - but, it will be a fact of life for them (as it already is, I expect). And I think you're right - some potential customers may turn into thieves, for that's what it is (but the counter-argument is that they probably wouldn't have bought anyway). And yes, then the software piracy genie is out of the bottle and you have a whale of a time getting him back in. In reality, he's out for keeps, isn't he?
And such a price hike is liable to make some people angry. I have had discussions on tax rates with people. Many say words to the effect that if the rate were fairer, they wouldn't resort to all sorts of schemes and structures to avoid tax. But they're danged if they'll pay 50% of what they earn in tax, so they do. In SS's case, there will undoubtedly be people who are danged to pay US$115 for a basic decrypter, so they'll find the torrents.
Having said all that, I understand SS is pretty good at licence revocation for torrents etc.
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