Study: More than a third of PC software pirated
Thursday, May 19, 2005 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
| More than a third of the software installed on PCs worldwide during 2004 was pirated, with losses from unauthorized software increasing by $4 billion from 2003, according to a study released Wednesday by the software trade group Business Software Alliance (BSA). |
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Doomgaze
Reply #42 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 7:08 AM
Jafo, Jafo, Jafo, you prove your youth.
Warez dosen't actually mean stolen/pirated software.
Its short for software.
Don't you remember BBS's? Probably not.
I saw an amazing thing in Malaysia a few years ago.
It was a copy of Windows XP Pro being sold by a street vendor.
It had the real hologram and whatnot on it.
It had a valid serial number.
Yet it was only about $5 US.
And anyhow, you've got to stop it with the car theft comparison.
You're comparing apples and oranges.
IP laws and physical property laws do NOT co-exist nor do they work together.
Reply #42 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 7:08 AM
| No, 'warez' is an accessible and unauthorised [stolen] program, either on a compilation CD or somewhere on the net. |
Jafo, Jafo, Jafo, you prove your youth.
Warez dosen't actually mean stolen/pirated software.
Its short for software.
Don't you remember BBS's? Probably not.
I saw an amazing thing in Malaysia a few years ago.
It was a copy of Windows XP Pro being sold by a street vendor.
It had the real hologram and whatnot on it.
It had a valid serial number.
Yet it was only about $5 US.
And anyhow, you've got to stop it with the car theft comparison.
You're comparing apples and oranges.
IP laws and physical property laws do NOT co-exist nor do they work together.
Jafo
Reply #43 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:15 AM
Reply #43 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:15 AM
Doomgaze, Doomgaze, Doomgaze ...my 'youth' is twice your age ... so your 'proof' is fubar'ed.
Nice try, though....
Jafo
Reply #44 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:20 AM
Reply #44 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:20 AM
Re the 'warez' shift of meaning...think of it like 'gay' .... in my time it meant 'happy'.
My point was that 'warez' is not a replacement for Kazaa, it's that which is got with Kazaa....
And as for 'apples and oranges', no....I was actually comparing data theft with car theft .... both IN FACT 'property theft'.
unckle fester
Reply #45 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:22 AM
Reply #45 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:22 AM
heres a brand new quote this thread has inspierd me to come up with...
mastering justification is a danger we should all avoid and a lesson we should learn from when it blows up in our face...
~~~ Thomas R Johnson ~~~
circa ~ 2005
lets see what he comes up with for that!!! lol
mastering justification is a danger we should all avoid and a lesson we should learn from when it blows up in our face...
~~~ Thomas R Johnson ~~~
circa ~ 2005
lets see what he comes up with for that!!! lol
Bichur
Reply #46 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:49 AM
If you can not justify you will either be indecisive or make poor choices. What if the justification is truly valid?
Since we are talking about stealing:
Should it not be more towards: The mastery of justifying that behaviour which is deemed inappropriate by society as a whole and illegal by law...?
Reply #46 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:49 AM
| mastering justification is a danger we should all avoid and a lesson we should learn from when it blows up in our face... |
If you can not justify you will either be indecisive or make poor choices. What if the justification is truly valid?
Since we are talking about stealing:
Should it not be more towards: The mastery of justifying that behaviour which is deemed inappropriate by society as a whole and illegal by law...?
Jafo
Reply #47 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:21 AM
Reply #47 Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:21 AM
Why not just use mine....
"The problem with mankind is he is just too intelligent to understand just how stupid he really is." © Jafo
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Reply #41 Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:54 AM