[softwarecreator]

Don't worry Bill Gates isn't losing anything to piracy really. They factor in the costs of piracy in their business model. So in all reality everyone who pays for software pays for the piracy and Mr. Gates loses nothing when the net profits role in.

The above quote sounds like you are justifying it.

[KoRn]

Not what I was saying at all.

My point was since the cost of piracy is built into the cost of the product everyone who pays for the software are paying for piracy.

It the same as a hospital overcharging insured patients to recover losses from uninsured patients. No one gets a free ride as the cost is recovered somewhere, most of the time it's recovered from those people who actually pay.