perception ofconsumer on pirated software?
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It's theft, and illegal, and prosecuted federally, so you get to spend time in jail with the "REAL CRIMINALS" when you get caught!\n\nBut on a lighter side, there are hard working people just like yourself that work to create this product. By not paying for it, you are stealing from them. So don't think your just "sticking it to the big corporations". The big corporations are the companies that pay the most people and provide work, salary, benefits, tax money and contributions to the community. Pirated software is theft. \n\nIf you worked for a company for a month, and they refused to pay you for your work, you would feel that they were stealing from you, right? Just because the work isn't a tangible object doesn't mean that your time and effort wasn't something that could be stolen from you. Same thing with software, you are stealing time and effort and hard work from good, honest people.\n\nHarold Ballinger MCSE,MCNE,CCNA
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Yes, you can pirate open source software. Even open source software has licensing requirements, and if you violate the terms of the license, you have pirated it.\n\nFor example, the GNU Lesser General Public License, which is the license OpenOffice uses, does not allow you to take code without credit, or modify code without crediting the original code's author, or to make changes to code without noting your changes, and you cannot replace the effects of functions in the root classes.\n\nIf you did any of that, you would be pirating the software.\n\nDepending on the Linux distro, different licensing schemes apply, as well.\n\nThat said, no, proprietary software isn't the opposite of legal software. All software is effectively built upon something else's license; if not the OS, then a compiler or an IDE or some other such product. All of those are licensed, unless you built, from scratch, your own OS, programs, etc.
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not from my experience. but Kazaa & bearshare are heavily infected with spyware/adware programs. avoid those.
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YEP !!\n\nThey have MORE ways of "getting out" of being responsible for anything that goes wrong than a "fly by night" operator.\n\nThey apparently operate on the "caveat emptor" principle, "buyer beware".\n\nSOFTWARE is especially bad, as most is either illegal CD-R "backups" or OEM, (Which has NO warranty from the manufacturer AND is ONLY supposed to be sold WITH a system!!)\n\nI SELDOM buy anything there anymore, unless I can tell FROM THE PICTURES that it is what I want AND the seller has a 90%+ positive rating.
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Online security and copyright infringement
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No, they tread a fine line. You technically agree to everything when you download. IT's a bit sleazy.\n\nBut they don't monitor what you do, or take your personal info, so it's not spyware. Just ANNOYWARE.
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Product keys come with your PURCHASE of the product.  This is the wrong venue to solict software piracy.
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Your idea isn't that lame - maybe you just need to focus on the why and what would change the behaviour?  Would lower CD prices reduce piracy, has technology made it inevitable, the human rights issue of PCs having anti-piracy chips (like DVD recorders have) etc.\n\nGo with your instinct, you obviously have an interest in the subject and that is worth a lot.  This subject will also be easy to get info on from the big companies like Sony as I am sure they are keen to spread their message.\n\nMake sure you get a pro/con spread though - lurk in the piracy chat rooms and get the genuine opinions.  Pirates are folks like you and me.\n\nGood luck
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Great information but I think that should only be for people what have an idea what to look for and know what to do about it.\n\nWhile we are on the subjet, let's remember that a good virus scanner is important.  You don't need to spend alot of money or run a pirated copy.  Go to the first link below for a very effective and free copy.\n\nNeed to remove spyware?  Another great FREE tool is Ad-aware.  The second link below.\n\nLook around www.download.com for many other great products.  Before you ask, NO I do not work for them, I just love free products that work well.
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Call microsoft, I know they are very concerned about piracy so you may have a difficult time with this, my first response would be to call microsoft and ask what they suggest.
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for music some are ok, some a riddled with adware and spyware, to some extent malware, other peer to peer programs? prolly the same stuff applies. ups and downs, but if used correctly all for the better,
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using priated software is crime.\nnot reporting this crime is also a crime.\nu can contact cyber police station\nor the software vendor itself.
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IMHO, it is pretty good. have been using the beta test on a few machines - it blocks most malware from installing. \n\nI am planning on doing a test with it on a fresh xp system and then going to all the bad sites that download spyware and trojan horse viruses and see how well it does.\nThen I'll test it with some other anti-virus and antispyware software to see if they find anything that got let through.\n\nIf you don't surf p o r n, c r a c k or w a r e z sites, or use peer to peer file sharing i think you'd be pretty safe with it.
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AAAARRGH... there are many types of Piracy\n\nSome is done from a boat...\n\n"I am comanderring this vessel...Aaarrrgh!!"\n\nThere is copyright infringment...hmm this web site looks nice..i think ill make it my own..\n\nSoftware piracy....anyone have any Windows XP Pro serial numbers??\n\nintellectual piracy... i.e. plajerism.-almost everyone hasd done this to some extent at one time or another \n\nonline auction piracy-when someone copies your auction to sell the same product.(works great by the way)\n\ninternet piracy-downloading illegal software(also fun)\n\nHMM why do i know so much about piracy.... I plead the fifth please!!
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Hmmm, to support pirates or artists? Quite the quandary. Should one support the owners of Intellectual Property? Or the theives who have stolen it? To purchase through legal or illegal channels?\n\nI honestly have no idea what the implied second side might be.\n\nBuy originals and only originals. Purchasing pirated CDs, DVDs, bedlinen, whatever, is not only stealing from the legitimate owners of the IP, but is supporting the careers of the scum who steal it.
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If you mean, do they violate other people's copyrights,\nthe answer is yes.\nIf you mean, do they prevent competitors from succeeding,\nthe answer is yes.\nIf you mean, do they violate monopoly and anti-trust laws,\nthe answer is yes.\nIf you mean, do they steal from their customers, that's a\nmatter of debate.\nIf you mean, did they steal their company (from a previous\nowner), the answer is no.\nIf you mean something else, please clarify.
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The margin must be higher because software is easily stolen (pirated). It is hard to put a desktop tower under ones coat and walk out of a store.