Two years ago, I used to be a guy who help other users across the globe in software cracking(providing serials, cracks, keygens etc). But that helping habit was not good, because it was illegal. Ya, helping can be illegal too if it is done for piracy.
But as I grew up and came to know more and more about copyright and legalization ethics, I left that dirty job. These softwares, which we use after cracking, discourage their developers and software companies.
Below I have posted a picture which is funny and thought provoking at the same time. Read this message and see if you can beat that pirate inside you(if there is one).
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Well, I can say that the picture really interests me. It shows what the problem is (pirates pirating software) and one solution (accepting that and recommend the user to buy the product). It may not seem like a solution, but in fact, it probably is.
However, how could we improve the situation? Well, one step is to make it harder to pirate the program. That doesn't seem to work.
There is another way. What if the company open sourced the program? Well, the profits would, decrease, wouldn't, they? Well, the numbers of users would probably increase, and these users can donate money to the project. Replace the “please don't pirate”-notice with a “please donate”-notice, and there would actually be more users that would see it, and, maybe, donate. And then the company would get free coders, too!
Or maybe I'm too young and naïve.
Wow.. Seriously amazing one dude.. This is the best way to combat Piracy, I think I wont use any Pirated Codes anymore..