Software Piracy

I agree that software piracy kills innovation as piracy can destroy the revenue stream of small businesses which have successfully found a niche in the industry. Without this revenue these small companies lack the resources to fund software innovation projects. As a result it becomes very difficult for these small businesses to create their own innovation. 
The idea of innovation is to make the wheels spin perfectly

Software Piracy as defined by http://www.developer-resource.com/software-piracy.htm is the unauthorized use of computer software. When a developer spent inexorable time into creating an idea, a product or service such a developer is looking forward into putting such idea into production. Now if it is pirated, it therefore means that such an idea is no longer unique. If your idea or product is no longer unique then it simple means the market niche is split which eventually will split profits as customers have more than one supplier. To be INNOVATIVE you need creative business ideas, with the spirit of an entrepreneur you can turn these ideas into real sustainable solutions.