I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but:-

Im a freelance engineer that gets most of my work of the internet.

Elance, Freelancer, Upwork.

These sites are awash with freelance "engineers", quoting and getting

projects From clients using cracked Solidworks, plus Inventor,

Autocad,NX, and Rhinoceros. Isn't it about time all the Software

houses  were getting together to try and do something about this.

I am considering upgrading to solidworks 2016, but i'm thinking

twice as i'm up against pirated software that costs the freelancer

nothing.