[Ardour-Users] tax deductible Re: Ardour 2.8.5 released

[Al Thompson]

Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> And I'm serious because of tax advantages. Even Logic and Cubase isn't
> paid by the average user, they do use cracks. Studios more often than
> usual users do buy this software.

I think you VASTLY misjudge the number of people who use pirated audio
software of the Cubase or Sonar class of software.  I know many people
around here who use either Cubase or (mostly) Sonar.  All of them either
bought the full version, or are using an OEM version that came with some
audio interface or another.  The script-kiddie types simply have no idea
what Sonar or Cubase do, and have absolutely no use for them.  Besides,
compared to the many thousands of dollars building and operating a
studio for a year costs, the $500 cost of Sonar (for example) isn't
going to make any noticeable difference in tax liability, especially
depreciated over 5 years.


> If Ardour is comparable and if there nevertheless aren't studios that
> want to pay for Ardour, than just phone calls to studios, establishing
> contacts on music trade fairs is needed. Most friends of me aren't
> salesman, I'm not a salesman too, but I know one, Dirk Brauner, he did
> work hard to sell his microphones and he exactly did it by the way I
> described and by lend out microphones for free to become popular.


The difference being, of course, that if people like the microphone,
they HAVE to pay for it to continue using it.  If they could make a copy
at no cost, his method may not be as profitable.