software piracy
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- kerus
this site makes me utterly sick
http://www.filesdownload.comwhat makes me even sicker is that its been up and running for MONTHS upon MONTHS and none of the anti-piracy groups/people give a crap.
- jox0
i totally agree, but how is that different from all the p2p apps out there?
- kerus0
they charge money for illegal copies of stuff they didnt make?
pretty different?
- unknown0
so why don't you do something about it?
It makes me sick only because people are trying to resell other peoples hard work and dedication. Any software program you want is (and most likely always will be) readily available for free if you look hard enough. That's nothing new and 75% of the programs on my computer are pirated.
- jox0
jeez, sorry didn't see they were *charging* people for it. now that's a different story. Pretty f-ing sick.
- Bio0
some people are morons and will buy that shit.
- kerus0
a friend pointed that site out to me well over 6 mos ago. she has sent well over 30 emails to at least 5-10 "anti-piracy" people at a time..
and not ONE of them has done a single thing.
and here i am shelling out most of my EATING money for the month to get Macromedia MX studio.. i might as well just get it from them, christ.
- jox0
that sucks big time kerus.
These anti-piracy people are so overrated, they only do stuff the bigshot firms tell them to.And since they aren't shutting down sites like these, the problem will never go away.
- unformatted0
dammit! they declined my credit card!
[end sarcasm]
piracy will never end, period.
- toastiie0
charging for stuff like this is pretty sick : People should be able to download pirated software for free.
- lifeinbinary0
the site seems to be down. maybe they got struck by lightning? maybe it was the wrath of kerus? i guess we'll never know.
- AD0
their agreement is funny
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- lifeinbinary0
am i the only one who can't access that site or what?
- toastiie0
i don't undertand why people pay for software at all. I understand paying for it if you're running a company and can get in trouble having all your workspaces have pirated softare installed, but for personal use, you have to be a damn fool to pay hundreds of dollars for Adobe and Macromedia software.
a damn fool!
- Mal0
go toastie
property is theft.
- lifeinbinary0
yes jesus.
- Mal0
lifeinbinary
Nice to have you back but I'll miss the old Soduimite.
- toastiie0
nothing worng with property, but software is just a series of 1s and 0s burned onto a disk, if you copy a sequence of 1s and 0s from one round piece of plastic onto another, does that make you a criminal?
- lifeinbinary0
i am confused. so i will be posting as binary and sodium. i like sodium better because it reflects my personality.
binary is way too bland for my taste. know what i mean? i am so funny. so so funny!
- mrdobolina0
yes, when peoples time was paid for to create those 1's and 0's. Im not above piracy, but selling burned copies is fucked up.
- toastiie0
meh, they make enough money, if you can get away with a crime that doesn't hurt anyone else directly, you're not a criminal :)