the sad thing is that this doesnt work. look at the humble indie bundle. people really showed their colours. millions of folks who could have paid what they could afford just stole it instead. http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/05/Saving-a-penny----pirating-the-Humble-Indie-Bundle
While it's true that many people pirated the Humble Indie Bundle, it was still a pretty big success. HIB 2 was an even bigger success. The specifics of how people behave with something that is pay-what-you-want are pretty complicated, and it takes a lot of work to pull something like that off, but it can work. I think a…