How Many of Us Uses Pirated/Cracked Software

[Thor]

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Being the Lord of Asgard, everything is free for me!

 

[premrajeev]

hey man..
heck.....

all r using pirated software around....

i owe a branded pc and laptop that came with loads of licenced s/w.

i later wanted to upgrade free...so using pirated software now.....

using my pc's for non-profit jobs...and for entertainment..
dont have much money to buy a legal copy..

but just like it's mandatory to have a cpu to operate a computer, if there is no other way, then i will also have to buy the original, which is not the case with india..(and in that case, most other countries )..

but i would have nuts to pay 7k for winxp proff......

 

[Charley]

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Being the Lord of Asgard, everything is free for me!

So what does FREE mean, which 1 do use ??

 

[Thor]

Free=No Payments="Get Software on Magazine Cds and Crack 'em"=Pir*cy
Duh?

 

[Charley]

Free=No Payments="Get Software on Magazine Cds and Crack 'em"=Pir*cy
Duh?

Well, how wud u do that, if u need an OS like Win 98, 2000, XP, Office ?

 

[Keith Sebastian]

Free=No Payments="Get Software on Magazine Cds and Crack 'em"=Pir*cy
Duh?

Well, how wud u do that, if u need an OS like Win 98, 2000, XP, Office ?

Well, duh!! Get out of B'lore and take a walk on Lamington Road, Mumbai!

PS: I'm not advocating piracy etc. Don't get me wrong.

-k

 

[_mAkA_PoUdEl]

There is no copyright protection act in our country so I prefer to use Pirated versions even the operating system.

 

[_mAkA_PoUdEl]

Free=No Payments="Get Software on Magazine Cds and Crack 'em"=Pir*cy
Duh?

Well, how wud u do that, if u need an OS like Win 98, 2000, XP, Office ?

hehehe

I get all necessary softwares @ Rs. 40 (Nepali) & Rs.25 (IC)

hehehe

you can crack any OS if u r a geek like me.

hehehe

Man If you like to buy any come to my place.

hehehe

 

[ujjwal]

There is no copyright protection act in our country

Err... mate, copyright laws are definitely are valid in India. I assume you speak of software patents, which anyway have nothing to do with software piracy.

 

[kumarmohit]

Well I am always on the lookout for freeware I switched to Open office from Ms Office -- Paint.Net and Picasa ( as i do not "agree to the interface of The Gimp") Avast home from AVG free 7Zip from winzip and even from official Sify client to the free EasySify.. My Windows / nero/ Arcsoft camera Suite and Arcsoft Photo studio2000 are all OEMs

i did so bcoz I found all these freeware a helluva lot better than their paid versions

 

[khandu]

This poll is a little biased .. isint it

and the answer is obvious

 

[rollcage]

Ya.. man I Do
even on branded stuff..

I have IBM Laptop worth 74K even though I am using it
bcoz it came with WindowsXP preinstalled on a single 40GB partition
... da... aa ...
imagine using the only C:
Had to make the reinstall... with WinXP SP2

But i prefer Freeware..
like Free Download Manger is better than paid ones

 

[siriusb]

Simply put, if hardware can be downloaded free off the internet, I wouldn't have bought my PC

 

[siriusb]

I don't know if anyone's posted this link on pirating, but here's it until I do:

*www.macman.net/files/mp3/HoleManifesto.html

*www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/technol...0b03&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND

And, while you are at it, how's 'bout a look at what I ranted about it:
*myxp.blogspot.com/2005/01/all-your-cable-modems-combined-i-am.html

 

[club_pranay]

take this..
1) A BMW costs like around..20-40L, a guy who can hardly afford a maruti800 goes to the showroom and runs away with one of the cars. who's wrong? the BMW company ? or that guy?

2) what if that mumbai police man claimed that he "did" that because his wife is not as beautifull as compared to that girl!! should he be spared?

think..!!!

nobody's asking you to use Xp or stuff like that..

use linux and other open source products (believe me they r not that bad)
*www.bsa.org/india/images/286826.gif

 

[nipun_the_gr8]

Every 30 out of 50 softwares that I use are Cr***ed (Including Windows XP). The rest that are used are FREE !!

 

[damnthenet]

Softwares are many. Needs are more. Money is what is less. And...so our hands reach out to pirated versions.

 

[Generic Superhero]

Never paid 4 any software in my life. Yet I use the very best softwares available.

 

[Jerin]

But one question guys is there any checking these days for using illegal copy of win xp?Early people said that they will catch us now I dont know what happens so asked ok.

 

[bendre123]

i am also using pirated software.
because software price is huge.
instead that i will purchase better hardware