I don't bootleg programs that help with my productivity either. I just cannot justify paying ~$130 for a program that I will use maybe once a year. The way I see it they didn't lose any money off of me because I wouldn't have purchased it anyway.
I don't bootleg the programs I use the most.
My latest purchases:
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Ed. ~$3,100
Windows Server 2003 Standard Ed. ~$600
Windows Server 2000 Advanced Ed. ~$400
Windows XP professional Ed. ~$100
Windows 2000 professional Ed. ~$100
Windows Longhorn beta ~free (for now)
Microsoft Visio network version ~free
SuSE 10.0 ~$100
Keeping a good software collection gets expensive fast.
I am a student in Computer Networking and get a discount on these but I still have to pay for legal licenses and activation.