The fact is also true for small-scale software, such as a shareware game. The pirates are. Admittedly, I have been presenting the issue of piracy on a very grand scale. This is not wholly how the system operates. In my opinion, most instances of piracy occur at the grassroots level.
File exchange is no uncommon thing, expecially on a college campus.
There is obviously no intent to undercut the software providers, but instead just a need for software. In my opinion, these instances are more along the lines of legal infractions. To adapt a cliche, software just doesn't grow on trees. Someone needs to produce it, and if that person is short-changed one too many times, they will produce no more. It was my original point at the outset of the semester to take a stand for those in need of good software in a high-priced market.