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David E. DeMers asserts that 

> Some people will NEVER buy anything if they can steal it.  Others will 
> steal software if it doesn't take much work.  And others are honest, and 
> won't use pirated software even if it is offered to them by a friend.  
> .. for those in the first and third groups, copy protection is meaningless; 
> while for those in the second, it is a deterrent to theft.

I beg to differ about the meaninglessness of copy protection for *anyone*.  
I am basically in your third category.  However, copy protection on software 
that I have bought is absolutely inexcusable;  I avoid buying software that 
I know to be copy-protected to avoid the attendant problems.  Any study on 
this subject should also try to quantify the amount of money lost due to 
people like me.

Newman