The survey, conducted online by ZDNet Australia, found that 89 percent of respondents would not buy a PC that did not allow them to replicate files unlawfully.
That left only 11 percent who were "happy to pay their way."
Those figures were drawn from more than 600 responses.
The survey was conducted after US reports revealed that moves were afoot in US Congress to table a bill that forced hardware manufacturers to install devices that prevented users from copying material unlawfully in all interactive products.
The draft bill would require manufacturers of "any interactive digital device" to install "certified security technology" in every product shipped, according to reports.
Jim Macnamara, chairman of software copyright enforcement group the Business Software Association of Australia, agreed the bill would be unwelcome in Australia, even though Australia had a higher software piracy rate than the US, the UK and Canada.
"In Australia we see this as a bit of harmless fun," he said.
Grant Bayley, a spokesman for Australian network security vigilante group Wiretapped, said the bill would affect the Australian market whether or not it was passed locally--simply because the local IT community uses so much US-built equipment.
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