Anti-piracy

[bryan1988]

Hey guys just wanna ask some question regarding copyright. Why in western contries they are more stict on pirated copy and in Asia we get to download most of the software for free and its mostly crackes?? so is it legal to share cracked software around the world??? If its illegal why does lots of warez or cracked website coming out?? are goverment going to solve this issue??

now we're in 2007, technology is getting better so why does all this website exist??

just wanna know!!1 Feel free to disgust this thread here... thank you

btw, i still love warez...hahahaha:D

[kwfine]

Hey guys just wanna ask some question regarding copyright. Why in western contries they are more stict on pirated copy and in Asia we get to download most of the software for free and its mostly crackes?? ...

Don't forget most people in Western countries are well educated, bryan1988.
And Asia, I think you are saying China, right?
China surely is one of the biggest sources of pirated products, because of its largest population in the world.

I have been living in China since 12 years old, so I know quite well what the Chinese are doing in the internet. Still, I don't think they are wrong, because some software like Microsoft Windows and Office series are so so so expensive...

[Raymond]

In China, they can pirate nearly everything! I think it depends on how strict the government is.

Sometimes, I think pirating is a way to promote products. Like what Microsoft said, if you want to pirate, please make sure you're pirating Windows products.

[gPoD]

in my country one Windows Vista or Office 2007 costs 4 €uro/DVD and all movies, appz, music, games etc, are pirated and all CD-Shops download them from internet and sell to people who dont now warez sites...:o

In my country dont have original VISTA or Office:(

I like warez...:D:D

[woody]

Who is it that actually looks out for piracy on the internet? Is it the FBI, that would be my guess, but I was thinking that there might be some other organization.

[kwfine]

...Sometimes, I think pirating is a way to promote products...

Well said, Raymond!

.... Like what Microsoft said, if you want to pirate, please make sure you're pirating Windows products.

BTW, do you have the URL for the original topic from Microsoft that enticed people to pirate their Windows products?

[Raymond]

Check this out kwfine.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/03/12/microsoft-executive-pirating-software-choose-microsoft

[bryan1988]

thank you ray for the article... but you now what mircosoft is coming to brunei to check over pirated copies soon... but y they still say "if you want to pirate, please make sure you're pirating Windows products." ???

Between means china is unbeatable even they did some pirated copies of software?? because who dare to raise and check for pirated copies in china??

Can is it legal to post warez on website???

[kwfine]

Check this out kwfine.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/03/12/microsoft-executive-pirating-software-choose-microsoft

Thanks, Raymond!

[lancelot_ñ]

I think in some countries it's really easy to buy software, the money that you expend either if your income is the minimun wages, you can affort the original product; now in other countries people don't get to much money to buy something because the income it's really low, so the best way to get a good software it's downloaded from these sites, and the goverment's country don't put any santion for people to perform such actions they already know that; so i think it's not too bad for poor and for people that it's reach well they have to pay because they have money in other words.