I’d say it has nothing to do with software piracy. Cakewalk was bought by Gibson years ago and after that the number of relevant products they released is ehm… about one and that is basically Z3TA+ update. Cakewalk has done nothing extraordinary in recent years and usually for bigger companies it’s not enough that their subsidiary is just supporting itself. They need profits to justify their investment and if there are not profits to be seen it’s easier to just axe the subsidiary and focus on things that bring money.
Can you offer me your works for free for 5 years in advance ? and then, lets judge the piracy destructive effect on anything’s development …
Many companies have to eventually sell their major share in some kind of invests, if these investments do not justify the main financial investments in their development and distribution.
The bulk of commentators think like consumers, nothing more. And I’m offering you the point of view of a businessman, an entrepreneur:
In any project, when expenses increase income at times, the project is considered a failure. It is even that simple and trivial.
On the torrent servers, thousands of seeders are gathered on each program from Cakewalk. But in fact, no one buys the product …
I once used to install pirated programs in 2008, because I had no opportunity to legally acquire them. “We are prohibited from using VISA and MasterCard systems in Syria because of sanctions since 2006”. A long time ago i only buy programs, plugins … etc. Sometimes I install pirated software only for testing. And then I buy them “I love to see my name on the product.”
Maybe many of you are satisfied with this philosophy, download what you do not have the right to exploit, but remember, to make money for something, people need to get payed for their services. In these companies people are working, the same as we are. They have families, children, and maybe they need a cure from illness or something else. They, naturally, will think about money when someone stops paying them…
Think wider …
