Software Deletes Files to Defend Against Piracy

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday February 24, 2007 @03:17AM from the users-delete-software-to-defend-against-idiocy dept.

teamhasnoi writes "Back in 2004, we discussed a program that deleted your home directory on entry of a pirated serial number. Now, a new developer is using the same method to protect his software, aptly named Display Eater. In the developers's own words, 'There exist several illegal cd-keys that you can use to unlock the demo program. If Display Eater detects that you are using these, it will erase something. I don't know if this is going to become Display Eater policy. If this level of piracy continues, development will stop.'"

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Re:The Pirates will still succeed by Eddi3 · 2007-02-24 03:46 · Score: 0, Redundant

Then he succeeded in getting some people to stop pirating, which is what his intent was in the first place. The only people that you can stop are the 'casual' pirates.

It has been shown that nothing can stop a 'hardcore' pirate that's determined enough.