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Story: Microsoft proposes Chinese piracy amnesty

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Personally I suport software piracy, escpecially the piracy of what most people believe is over-priced monopolistic software like Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

The effect of such actions can only be to force the large multi-national companies to lower software prices. After all, if companies like Microsoft really wanted to get rid of piracy they would heed to the research which says the best way to combat piracy is to lower prices. However, they know that they can make more money putting up with a bit of piracy and charging the rest of us heaps than they would if they lowered the price for everyone.

The arguement that an absence of piracy would 'enable' companies like Microsoft to offer cheaper software is a complete falsehood. If that was true why does the price of Windows go up with every version despite Microsoft making billions more with every version?

Besides, to quote the simpsons, "all it costs them is just another ivory back-scratcher".

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