A Few Words About Piracy
By Andrew Fish

Many people think that copying software is a perfectly legitimate practice - this is not true. Shareware, like full-priced software, is not FREEware and, although shareware developers are only individuals or small companies they still have the legal right to expect people to pay for using their software.  People don't have a right to possess software any more than they have a right to own a car - many people who wouldn't even consider stealing a car will quite happily copy software.

A large company covers the cost of piracy by a number of methods - they charge for upgrades, charge higher prices in general or only sell packages as part of suites. All of these methods cost the average software user and lead people to feel that the price of software justifies piracy. 

To be continued ....