the way I look at it,
if you have the funds you will purchase the software legally,
if you are poor like me why should I do without all the best software,
p2p is the Robin Hood of the online world,
'steal from the rich and give to the poor',
anyway these companies aren't stupid they have pirated costs built into the retail price,
I can see however that a small time company at the bottom of the heap would be rather pissed off!