Talk:VOCALOID Piracy/@comment-4527446-20120805142546/@comment-53539-20120806173322

I think they seem overall to be mostly relying on loyalty and what else Vocaloid brings in more then securing the software. Yamaha's a big company and Voclaoid is just one of several hundred products, I don't suppose it even represents a strong percentage of what they earn overall. :-/

I do know that sometimes the fans over react to Pocaloid, I know due to implications we can't link to it here at the wikia. But we have to be seen to support ilegal activity and not illegal activity.

I only really get rolled up on Pocaloid and the Team Ass editions when people reveal they are using it. It means thats one less person we can use and link to here at the wikia. ^_-

As for the studios, a lot of them now are making money without having to rely on the sales fo Vocaloid. Its rather difficult for CFM to worry about that 1 pocaloid download when they've sold 60,000+ copies of Miku and are raking in a lot more from merchandise from her. They themselves were reported to have sleected a pick song several weeks back where the user didn't hide that they had Pocaloid usage for making the song.

However, they will ban you from Karen-T and Piapro for using it or having a download to Vocaloids. Plus the Japanese fandom itself will flame and dig at you if you do have anything on NND.

As I said before, Pocaloid really impacts only the smaller Voclaoid studios and not really the bigger ones. :-/