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The position that Vena, Dolan, and gravityroom are taking is morally correct and common sense. The same principle holds for software. If you drive small type foundries and software developers out of business, you won't like what's left over : huge faceless megacorps that own their product categories.
Comments like "And believe me, when I have my own firm, I'll pay for my fonts, but I just don't see the point in paying for fonts for school projects." tickle me because I know that the same person, when they start their own firm, will probably be living hand to mouth initially.
The justification then will be "I'm competing with kids in Albania who'll do a complete site for 15 cents. If I try to bill clients for software or a font, they'll laugh in my face. After I buy food and essential oils, I barely have enough cash left at the end of the month to pay for cable tv and prokrinds. Do you want me to STARVE dude?".
If you're going to rationalize cheating other creatives (type designers, software developers) now, then you're probably going to keep following that pattern indefinitely - you'll always be able to think of better uses for your money than paying for typefaces and software.
Jeebus should smite anyone that uses cracked software and then runs to web forums to bitch about rips of their work.