Seems like there are a lot of illegally kept animals here...

[Slashmaster]

I suggest this topic be moved but...

Flawed logic here, are you telling me that everything someone downloads they would of paid for it? Adobe photoshop is the most pirated software, do you honestly think every single person who owns it would of paid for it if it was not free? Every time someone downloads a song they would of paid for it if it was not free? Someone steals your car, your car is gone, someone steals your software, you're software is still there, someone else is benefiting unfairly....yes, but you however are not out anything. That's the black and white picture to me at least.

I want to also add, I am by no mean putting down what you do or saying people should go pirate your software because obviously they shouldn't. Your time, brain, and money has been put into this project. However I don't believe you can make the statement I quoted

I'm not the guy you asked, but...

I kind of think of it like services - mowing the lawn was the example. You may not have anything physically taken from you if someone asks you to mow their lawn but doesn't pay, but you're out your time. If someone takes your software without paying you, you're equally out the time you invested into making it, and time is money.

It's a tough subject for me to wrap my mind around when it comes to theoretical money damages from theft, but I definitely feel if someone takes something without paying for it, and it's required to pay for it, there's a loss there.