Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-94.159.152.177-20131106150631/@comment-3076833-20131224164839

^ The reason people in this fandom are so uptight about illegal copies is because we have companies struggling to make money off their Vocaloids and that's why we have a fair number of companies with only 1 or 2 Vocaloids out. Money is pretty scarce in this market as Voice synths, even in this generation of Vocaloid is a fairly new concept and there are many people who are not used to the idea of having a "robot" sing instead of a real human. This is possibly the one good thing Miku's popularity has brought to Vocaloid : A large market for voice synth, but obviously that cost being that said market is home to a charming amount of otakus which is why Western Vocaloids, and even some Eastern ones fail to bring in as much money as the "beloved" Big 8.

But I digress; the point here is that it is hard for some Vocaloids to make money as is and pirating the Vocaloid isn't doing the company any good.