A lot of my scripts have the users real name, address and email address encoded into the activation code. I can visit pirate sites, download my files and read the address in the code. However taking that information to law enforcement and obtaining any satisfactory redress is incredibly difficult, stressful and expensive.

I wrote a hierarchy file creator script. It sat on my hard drive for three months before I ever placed it into a store. I delayed because I knew what would happen. Sure enough before it had sold 10 copies it was on the sharing sites. Legitimate sales collapsed.

I've not put anything new in a store for a very long time. I feel that it is simply not worth it. I prefer to do freebies, that way folks at least say thank you.