Software Piracy

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Ambrosia Software, Inc.: Bitwise Operator: The Plain Truth About Piracy
„Ambrosia Software’s own Bitwise Operator, Matt Slot, has written an insightful and interesting piece on software piracy from the perspective of a software publisher. It relates Ambrosia’s own experience with software piracy, license codes systems, and shows, unfortunately, how rampant piracy is in the sofware business.“
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„And for the last 2 days, starting right after we posted the latest update to Snapz Pro X, our server has been very busy. Out of the 194 different hosts that tried to renew a license code, 107 of them sent in pirated codes. Incredibly, more than 50% of the people installing the update are entering one or both of the pirated codes we’ve known about for months.“