Please Help the US by not pirating.
The DWG problem.
“Police in Russia said on Wednesday they were searching for thieves who plundered technical equipment from a top-secret military aircraft.” Have you heard of the myth about a man who found the blueprints of a F18 Hornet and sold them on ebay? Why is this illegal? It is just paper? Is not the drafting or the drawing but the engineering techniques found in it that is worth money.
How much does Autodesk make in revenue?
US$3.27 billion (2020)
US$6.18 billion (2020)
“Indeed, recent data from the BSA, shows that the United States, though lowest in the proportion of unlicensed software, comes up as first in the total value of pirated software. At an estimated “loss” of $9.1 billion, it is more that both China (70 percent piracy but second place in loss with $8.7 billion) and India, which has a bit more control per capita (58 percent unlicensed and about a third of the loss at $2.7 billion). One CAD CEO tells of the heartbreak of being offered his company’s software years ago for a few dollars worth of local currency in a market.”