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Why is so much software cracked?

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f0dder:
I vote this as one of the best threads ever.  If all of the software alliances, the RIAA, MPAA and so forth would sit down over a long time and discuss like this, so much could be accomplished.
-y0himba (July 04, 2006, 05:26 PM)
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Problem is, they won't. All they care about is maximizing their profits...

zridling:
It seems we've come full circle and you all have so far made this a must-read thread. It appears we have myriad answers to the question "Why is so much software cracked?"


* the challenge of cracking code
* the lack of money needed to register it
* the base thrill of theft, or of simple possession/collection
* the sake of necessity, out of poverty
* the purpose of evaluation
* to get back at "the man," which is today is the corporation (usually Microsoft or Adobe)
and so on. One thing is true is that this is not a black-and-white issue, but one that is gray throughout, and is justified individually. I'd love to hear your specific suggestions to developers. One I'd make is that trial software not be crippled. If you cripple your software, you're begging for it to be cracked with every update you compile.

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