I agree, it does hurt the small developers the most. But I develop with the notion that it will be cracked anyways, and what I can do to use that to my advantage. There's nothing stopping them, abeit I do try to make it as hard as possible.
I find it flattering almost that somebody wants to use my software so much they'll go through all that work for it. Sure I'm losing a little money, but most of it would come from bulk licenses from studios that obviously can't pirate. While nobody want's to be ripped off, it's only money. Creating a community from my product, meeting new people, pushing the boundries in my industry, learning about business, and creating great software is much more important to me that caring about a few thousand bucks lost.
Are the most popular products pirated because their popular, or are they popular because their pirated?
Anyways, piracy is bad, don't do it.
