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Software Theft a Problem For Actual Thieves, Too
Velcroman1 writes "Pity the criminal mastermind. After all, he's a victim too, reports FoxNews.com. Despite the sophisticated DRM baked into the ZeuS bot to protect it from theft, that's exactly what has happened. 'ZeuS is actually being pirated, so you can get all the versions for free,' said Roel Schouwenberg, senior anti-virus researcher with security software firm Kaspersky Labs. 'They introduced a hardware-based activation process similar to Windows activation, to make sure only one purchased copy of the ZeuS kit — the kit that produces malware — can run on one computer,' said Sergei Shevchenko, senior malware analyst for security software company PC Tools."
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In the words of the famous Nelson Muntz: "HAHA!"
a) Sharing duplicates is not theft of the original
b) There are no canons on ships involved.
I know you're just trying to be funny but have you ever actually been to Eastern Europe??? Software theft over there is exactly that - guys with eye patches, wooden legs, and parrots on their shoulders cruising around in great big ships with canons on them. And when they duplicate your software, they do take the original too.
But but ... all those Hollywood movies told me there's honour among thieves!
Malware authors should switch to a crowd funding or donation model!
Indeed; with piracy, canon demands cannon.
Yeah, but it's not theft, it's copyright infringement! There's no honour there...
You mean the countries where tax evasion is a national sport
You do realize that the USA isn't part of Eastern Europe?
If the author of Zeus published it under the GPL, then this would never have happened!
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
"Theft requires that someone be deprived of something"
They are being deprived of something. Obviously, they're being deprived of profit (not just any money, but the pirates own money) that only exists in the future of an alternate dimension where the artist/business made more money (which is potential profit). Understand, now?
Filthy, filthy copyrapists!
I suggest you google 'cream pie' with safe search off, and then tell me it isn't at least some sort of sexual assault!