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NYTimes Looks at Warez

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the warez-my-pantz dept.

Flamerule writes "The New York Times has a new article up that relates the end result of the DrinkorDie copyright infringement case (the "ringleader" and 5 other guys are in prison), and talks about warez in general. They at least tried to get a story from both software companies and denizens of the warez scene. Pretty interesting stuff, even if you haven't been following the case closely."

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  1. Dont' do the crime by teetam · · Score: 0, Redundant
    ...if you can't do the time.

    Oh, well. What else can I say? There have been a million other posts about piracy.

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  2. Musta been hard talking to the Warez Kiddies... by rickthewizkid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...When 7h3y @r3 t@lking l1k3 7h!z...

    -RickTheWizKid

  3. Re:"Pirates" by techstar25 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The BSA says the industry lost something like $10 billion. Now, just because I (hypothetically) download Photoshop, doesn't mean I was going to pay for it but decided to download it instead. I would never have paid the $600+, (I just would have gone without, or used GIMP) so Adobe didn't really lose anything. They just didn't gain anything.

    And my other point...

    Some companies have benefitted from piracy in some ways. Because of the warez community we've got is a bunch of kids running around who are really, really, good with Photoshop, Flash, or Coldfusion.(maybe too good). That has to bode well for Adobe and Macromedia, because when they become adults in the workplace they will continue to use these products.