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Article #21Re: Caught in the act of piracy
From: Doug James
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 00:32
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 00:32
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Someone I know has a pirated copy of an expensive piece of commercial
software. Today this person received a letter from the company
producing the software. It was a form letter -- very polite and
understated. But the main point was clear: "we have reason to believe
you have a copy of our product. Send us a photocopy of your original
diskette and prove that you are entitled to have it."
I strongly disapprove of pirating software, and am quite vocal about
it. As a result, I found myself in the uncomfortable position of
feeling like I was suspected of having turned this person's name in
to the company. I most certainly did not do so.
My question: what mechanism is likely to have triggered such a letter?
--doug james
doug%mathel@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!emory!mephisto!ncsuvx!news From: doug@mathel.ncsu.edu (Doug James) Newsgroups: uk.general,uk.followup,comp.realtime,comp.misc,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Caught in the act of piracy Summary: How'd they find out? Message-ID: <1990Feb28.003201.10614@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 28 Feb 90 00:32:01 GMT References: <1378@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> Reply-To: doug%mathel@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Doug James) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 16