Why do Adobe, Winamp let people download their softwares for free?
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its open my dear dude\n they want every people to work with them\njust like windows bill gates know most of them use pirated versions but he doesnt say anythin\nbecoz he wants more and more people 2 use it
317834
downloading copies of software from anywhere other than a publishers site is piracy.\nDownloading illegal software often ends up with viruses on your PC.\nSupport software devlopers and purchase their software.
621446
you don't - you purchase it from your local software store.  FREE IS ILLEGAL.
201619
Try Download.com and give your product a free trial so people can see if they need or like it.
49709
Quite frequently, software companies or Internet service providers will distribute their software for free, but charge a monthly user fee if you want to use the program after a certain trial period.  The income they receive from the monthly fees is much more than the cost of distributing the free software.\n\nMozilla, the providor of the Firefox programs. also sells advertising that displays on their programs.
417913
besides they are often free for a while & time-limited.\n\nthey're used to incourage poeple to buy the full version
318549
Get free software at download.com
830828
when you say free I advice you to forget about trials " demo versions that is "  because once the trial period ends you need to buy it . so think of a Free and full version product that you can keep forever , one good example is Picasa , you can get it FREE for ever here : http://downint.googlepages.com/photosoftware
1063254
no, there are no such free software online, even if there are, dont go for them, they have viruses.
699877
Alcohol %120 is very good for this kind of stuff.  It is not free but its the best money i've ever paid for software.  Once you purchase the software, you get a license key for that particular computer.  You can install it on any computer, but you have to register (which costs nothing) the current computer you're using it on.  It doesn't allow you to run the software on two (or more) computers at the same time but you can install it on any computer you want.  The concept comes from the idea of buying the software once, installing it on a computer untill the computer is out of date, then buying a new computer and installing the software on the new computer *without* having to repurchase the software.\n\nAnyway, Alcohol %120 is really good for making images of cds.  It even installs a virtual drive on your computer so you can run the program from the cd image.  Its really neat.\n\nTheres a trial version.  You could install the software, make your image of the cd then uninstall it.  All at no cost to you.
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No. \n\nYour question must be for a specific incident. Are you asking about software, movies, music?  Software downloads are in various categories. Freeware, Shareware, etc.. Free ware is FREE, Shareware can be free or after a specific number of days require a Small donation/payment to use.\n\n\nMusic can and cannot be free. Acquiring music, software, etc from p2p, that is illegal ( most of it). Itunes has a free Weekly Download artist listed every Tuesday I think. You can download it for Free, but the next week  it is .99cents.  It is usually a new artist..\n\nI hope this helps
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Some are really free for personal use. The company makes profit by providing paid support to large companies nd hence can afford to give the product free to single users eg.Red Hat Linux. \nSome free software is made by companies which have other sources of income. eg. Microsoft gives away IE,Windows defender,Viewers free of cost\nOthers are truly free and are developed by individual programmers who believe in free software. \nOthers are called free but are supported by ads. \nSome other "free" software comes loaded with spyware/adware etc.
1101897
answer before me is true, partially, but there is a grey area. russian and other overseas site like mp3music.__ are charging based on the BANDWIDTH of your downloads. This means that with low resolution mp3s, you can have an entire album for, about $1. So, even though you are paying, it is not authorized, which to me is far worse than giving it away for free. \n\nThere is still no free lunch and if you want a legal download you have to stick to the biggies, like iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.\n\nthanks for caring
535921
Nothing is Free in this world.\n\nBe carefully.\n\n\nSilently they give you lots. (Virus/Trojan etc)\n\nEnjoy it!
48402
Do you mean anyone want some free software music & games?  I would like to know what you have or know where to get it.  Thanks!
908397
You can download virtually any software from limewire, illegally. What your actually doing is downloading a copy of the software purchased by someone else. It will probably work, will slow down your system, and cannot be registered with adobe.
386527
there are lot of free software aviliable in the internet..\ndownload anyone for that just search in google..