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Good news for devs - TPB is no longer

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People,

Something that will make a lot of people happy, especially the devs, TPB has been taken off the net by the Swedish authorities.

Just wanted to share this little tidbit with ya.
 
I was going to say RIP Pirate Bay, but I really don't want them to have any peace.

Now, if the rest of the torrent sites could be taken down. I am sick to death of doing a google search for aircraft and 75% of the returns being torrent sites with pirated payware aircraft (not to mention all the other stuff those sites aid in the piracy of).

OBIO
 
Well, it's back. And to be honest the sheer amount of FS stuff up there is mind boggling. If all of those people put their hands into their pockets every so often one can't help but feel developers would be much better off.
 
seems like it would be better if every developer uploaded each new creation to the pirate bay...








containing a nasty virus.
i bet it wouldn't take long for people to stay away from it then.
 
It was great while it lasted. :d

At least they are fighting these thieves now and shutting down their sites. They might rebuild them, but at least they are losing as many as they put back up. That means they are taking damage (from all the damage they have done).

Bill
 
Chris H said:
Well, it's back. And to be honest the sheer amount of FS stuff up there is mind boggling. If all of those people put their hands into their pockets every so often one can't help but feel developers would be much better off.
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I don't see that it makes a whiff of difference, those that would d/l pirated software wouldn't buy it in the first place, they just get their rocks off by getting something for nothing.
 
Can somebody explain to me how this works anyway? I understand how the torrent idea works, but I don't understand how you're able to get protected software. If you download it from somewhere, then don't you still have to provide some manner of registration, password....so on and so forth? Every piece of downloaded payware I've ever bought was protected save for a few.

Is this really that big of a problem? I always figured that there can't be that many people doing it. If this stuff is protected with passwords and such, then any versions you download for free are going to be BS or viruses or something, right?
 
tigisfat said:
Can somebody explain to me how this works anyway? I understand how the torrent idea works, but I don't understand how you're able to get protected software. If you download it from somewhere, then don't you still have to provide some manner of registration, password....so on and so forth? Every piece of downloaded payware I've ever bought was protected save for a few.

Is this really that big of a problem? I always figured that there can't be that many people doing it. If this stuff is protected with passwords and such, then any versions you download for free are going to be BS or viruses or something, right?
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It takes a programmer about 45min to write a simple "patch" which can get rid of any registration/password.

I haven't seen a single software which is not "crack-able." Believe me, i work in the game biz, and many times we track these patches/cracks to see how they get in....and these guys are smart!

Many companies spend millions trying to develop security measures, but none have yet succeeded. Sony even tried linking the security physically to the battery (Sony PSP), but that was eventually cracked too.

The only way to stop it is by keeping everything online. You have to have an account to login and use it (this is why MMORPGs can't be pirated). However, you CAN pirate the ENTIRE server (which exists for games such as WoW), but most people don't play on these servers...since it's no fun at all w/ cheaters/hackers/etc. running around on them.

anyways, this is why Microsoft recently filled a ton of patents on "rentable software/hardware"....they are already planning ahead....for example, they are already using the word "live" in all their products...to get people used to the idea that their software is connected to the net..all the time...

Cable television is a good way to analyize it. You don't own the shows, and they are all "free." however, you must pay a monthly fee to watch them. I believe software will all become like this in the next 5-10 years.

-feng
 
FengZ said:
anyways, this is why Microsoft recently filled a ton of patents on "rentable software/hardware"....they are already planning ahead....for example, they are already using the word "live" in all their products...to get people used to the idea that their software is connected to the net..all the time...

Cable television is a good way to analyize it. You don't own the shows, and they are all "free." however, you must pay a monthly fee to watch them. I believe software will all become like this in the next 5-10 years.
-feng
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an excuse for a b.s. money grab. you already don't own the software that you buy. there could be any kind of retarded requirement in the eula and 99% of the public would have no idea what they just agreed to. no one reads them anyhow. you have no choice but to agree if you want the software.

the cable television reference is a good reference for other reasons as well.
years ago i cut the cable because all you pay for is ads, and crap. you don't get to buy only what you want. you get garbage, or nothing. i chose nothing. when computers get to the same point, i will choose nothing again.
 
Businesses LOVE the idea of renting/leasing everything to us.

If they had their way, we'd all be living in rental homes or apartments, leasing our cars, renting our furniture and software (including movies and music!). There is a big push for this. They also want to tie "subscriptions" to the functionality of everything we do buy: GPS, smartphones, TV(cable), radio(satellite, cable), cars (Onstar and such), etc.
 
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