I agree.. sadly to say I used to get cracked versions all the time..

it was getting hard to follow up on them, there would be a new release all the time, but the cracks wouldn't work, so I decided that it had to stop and I finally went and paid $25 for the software i've loved to use for so long, now everyone i talk to is like "gimme your reg code!" once i say "uh.. no" they call me names etc

but i'm very happy i made the right decision.. and i definitely got that warm fuzzy feeling that you did the right thing