Piracy..

[naives]

There lot of sites in the internet that provide cracked software and all. Whu the software companies are taking no action against them. its from where most the people get the pirated versions.

[wired076]

I have no idea but it does beg to question why do they spend so much money on trying to protect dvd's, etc when someone is just going to sit there until they can break the code so they can copy them.

[joseph0829]

companys, do not have any idea where they should start because they do not know where these softwares originates... and some of the companys now are very reliable and intelligent with the softwares that hackers and crackers couldn't beat. These softwares are prominent in rapidshare server

[naives]

I used to download games form rapid share and think the providers like rapid share and mega uploads are unknowingly breaking the law and they are acting as the centers for the spreading of pirated copies of different softwares.

[wired076]

Yeah you know what companies will continue to spend money creating this software to prevent people getting access to what they have created by some will continue to create contests where there goal is to crack it so why not make it easy for them and not waste money trying to create the newest unbreakable algorithms, etc.

[naives]

What about torrents. They are helping a lot in spreading of pirated softwares and all. They are websites which give torrent files of pirated softwares only. But anyway torrents are very useful.

[bizzard]

torrents are really a huge collection of pirated and illegal stuffs. I also use them to download softwares. The main thing to be noted about torrents is that if one download a software, he is also becoming a part of the torrent activities by providing the file for others too to download.

[joseph0829]

yeah.. i think all of what you want can be found on those torrent site. but suddenly, the speed you get when downloading is dependent of the seeds, which means it one user will share then the other will not going to share/seed so it means ,you'll only downloading from that user who's sharing/seeding.

[joseph0829]

yeah.. i think all of what you want can be found on those torrent site. but suddenly, the speed you get when downloading is dependent of the seeds, which means it one user will share then the other will not going to share/seed so it means ,you'll only downloading from that user who's sharing/seeding.

[snoop1990]

Originally Posted by bizzard

I also use them to download softwares.

You only downloaded legal stuff I think, just to clarify that for new users.

Second you know all illegal copy hurts the developers, they do not get the money they need to develop, so they can not develop that good stuff for the next version. Less money = less development ! Therefore the illegal copy not only hurt the developers but also the users, so it hurts you !

How to secure software ?
Require a registration on the web! Save information like IP and MAC ID and every time the user requests an update check the information and if two IPs use the same key, kick off both! So the people learn about their faults.

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[naives]

I think torrents are more safer than downloading from a file hosting website. It is in the pc of people and they never keep something which have a virus or so.

[bizzard]

its better always to read the comments by users who have downloaded it earlier. Also, there are many files which are archives and password protected and asks us to go to some site for password. And sometimes the password won't be there. So, the downloading will be a waste. I request if someone come across such files, please leave a comment that its password protected, so that we could prevent some from downloading it and wasting their time.

[snoop1990]

I really hope you ONLY download legal files.

But for sure you are right torrent seems to be the fastest technology at the moment and it is very easy to setup.

[bluedolphin]

I think its really hard to control Piracy... Even though some government are setting up laws and arresting/ punish those people who are downloading stuffs illegally on the web, there'll still be people downloading pirated stuffs since its free and who would wanna pay for something you can get free?

So I think its still a really long way to go before the problem of piracy can be solved/ cut down.

[naives]

I think the era of Paid softwares is going to end and this is the age of free softwares and so we all got the freedom to copy and modify the program there is no need for worry of piracy. Freedom is all......

[snoop1990]

Originally Posted by naives

I think the era of Paid softwares is going to end and this is the age of free softwares and so we all got the freedom to copy and modify the program there is no need for worry of piracy. Freedom is all......

Have you developed any thing ? Any great project with thousands of lines of code ? Any thing that others use every day ? Do you give a way stuff like that for free ? Do you give away your own code ?

Sorry I understand that you do not want to pay for software, but keep in mind how many ours the developers spend on the pice of software you are using. It is easy to tell the others they should give away their software for free and I am very proud of all the open source developers. But professional software takes longer to be developed and therefore the developers have to earn some money to live !

That is the reason way I am against copying music, software and what ever.

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[bizzard]

Have you developed any thing ? Any great project with thousands of lines of code ? Any thing that others use every day ? Do you give a way stuff like that for free ? Do you give away your own code ?

Its with one's attitude. If the question is to me, my answer will surely be "Yes". I am a firm supporter of the free software movement and I am trying my best to use free softwares only.

Money does matter in this world. But, there are certain other things above money. We mustn't try to stop people from acquiring knowledge. By making the code of a program closed, we are preventing the right of people to acquire knowledge. This is my attitude. I am not interested for a fight on the topic and I don't need everyone to accept my ideas, since each and every person has the right to decide what he/she must or mustn't do.

[snoop1990]

Nice point of view !

But for example my work, here at profusehost.net, I support the users in the Support section, so John only has to do the Administrator related stuff. I would not answer every day the same questions if there is nothing to motivate me to do so. In this case it is not money but that does not matter.

In my opinion the point is, you can give away general knowledge about how to write the code and how to figure things out, but if I work on a project for two month or so and spend about 4 hours everyday on that project. Then finally I have 224 hours work in two month, so I have 28 days full time programming job (8 hours a day). I can not give away such a project for free ! If you have a question about how I did one special thing I always answer, but I do not give away the hole project.

If you give away all your code for free great ! Then just sent it to my account via PM, maybe I find something I like.

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[wired076]

Yes I agre with Snoop1990 time is definitely money.

I do the same thing as Snoop when people want support!

You can't always do things for free but helping others out with some problems for free gives you the satisafaction of helping someone.

[bluedolphin]

I think if those developers make all those programs for free, they won't be able to earn a living. If they spend hours and days writing softwares/programs but not getting paid for it, how are they gonna survive?