This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Please report Software Piracy

Friday, August 23, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Please report Software Piracy

Hi Chris,

I had that happen with a licensed copy using bootcamp. I don't remember the exact steps I took but I seem to remember going through the registration steps again.

Best Wishes,

Paul Sulsky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Pitbladdo" <avid@digitalbuddy.co.uk>
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 8:44:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Please report Software Piracy

I recently bought three copies of windows vista business from eBay. The packaging,
Including plastic boxes, sleeves, inserts and hologram installer discs, were all utterly convincing.
Everything installed fine, and ran quite happily for six or seven months until one day a nasty message appeared onscreen, telling me that it wasn't a genuine copy of windows.

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On 23 Aug 2013, at 12:29, Jeff Krebs < rockinjeff@gmail.com > wrote:

> Hello,
> While I realize that in 2013 software piracy (cracking if you will) is
> impossible to control, you can certainly do your part by:
>
> - purchasing your software only from a known software sources (resellers
> or software developers)
> - report software piracy to the developers or software compliancy
> organizations
>
> Piracy hurts all developers large and small (we happen to be small) and are
> continually finding even the larger studios, post facilities and
> broadcasters are stealing software.
> It also hurts the small shops and independent film makers as you now have
> to compete with the monolith facilities that are not paying for software.
> It's certainly more prevalent in some countries over others, and as unusual
> as it sounds, the larger organizations with IT departments, corporate
> infrastructures are some of the worst culprits.
> Our current known list is small with slightly more than 800 investigations
> on-going.
>
> Of course - dealing with individual 'company's" in specific countries who
> produce a mass amount of VFX content that:
>
> - use students as free labor
> - *steal software and claim it's part of their culture*
> - when caught immediately shut the company down
> - firing the students for a new crop that arrive and are used as free
> labor
> - setting up "bull sh*t" educational facilities that are actually
> production facilities attempting to buy student licenses
>
> Most of all compete and/or are off-shoots with US, Canadian and European
> companies.
> VFX solidarity did not really touch on the subject of piracy probably
> because they don't look at the VFX industry and include software piracy as
> part of their issue.
> Well, it's very significant. As we work with a compliancy firm whose sole
> mandate is to work with software development firms to bring companies large
> and small to justice.
>
> We have many competitors and partners in the software industry. While we
> compete, outside of work we are friendly and in complete agreement with the
> piracy issues that we face today.
> If I was able to legally publicly shame the corporations, large production
> companies and major broadcasters that have been caught, the familiar names
> would shock you (or maybe not)
> I've feel no remorse or guilt in reporting our own customers who I've
> witnessed cracking our competitors software.
>
> Do the same... Please and Thank You.
>
> I know I speak for all software developers who live and breath code so you
> can create.
> Jeff
>
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