it's most definitely in the interest of Kemper as a company to have every profile available for free
I'd not agree on this. if you follow the usual forums you'll see how many Kemper users state that this or that commercial seller's profiles have been the paradigm shift that has convinced them to buy the unit.
And, if you check at how much the community has globally invested in commercial profiles, you'll see how much we value them. They are part of the whole Kemper experience of course.
the business of commercial profiles is clearly not what Kemper was designed for
Nothing in my perception, Kemper experience or professional competence (I've worked in Marketing) actually enforces this. If your name is C. Kemper and you plan to design a platform which creates or uses proprietary files, the commercial aspect of the software is - if not the first - the third thing coming to your mind. There are (and have been) commercial patches for virtually any digital device on the market, and CK knew that. Why should he have excluded this possibility for the Profiler?
Now, the fact that Kemper don't want to be involved in selling profiles is a different story.
They make a group of ~50 people, pay 1$ each and buy a bundle for a group. If there was an effective copyright protection, I am 99% sure no one of them would buy anything at all.
Agreed. I know this kind of "collectors". They own thousands of profiles\mp3s\films\Photoshop filters. Usually, they have no time for enjoying them. What excites them most is fooling the sellers, stealing something or "saving" a lot of money while owning the software. They would never pay 10 € for anything.
They really mean nothing for the profiles market.
Usually, people willing to buy software look for promotions but not at the pirate market. Granted, some will buy from there, but they do not represent the death of the official market.
There are also people who try something and then buy it if they like it. I've done this myself with films or music.
Basically, imagining a software world where nothing floats out of the cloudy truck is unreal, as is to get upset because of that. I've written books for musicians, and when I talk at seminaries I often see pupils with (photo)copies of them...
Sellers: make peace with that, and remember that the more your work floats around, the more buyers will be aware of it.
If I can use a metaphor, the (quality) software market works like the energy: 90% of it just goes nowhere, but the rest is vital and makes things move.