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April 28th, 2002, 05:42 PM
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Anti warez plugin
Hi all,
as I was surfing the internet I came to this article. It is about a new method in fighting software criminality. The London nonprofit launched a software plug-in for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, that when installed will put an "F" button on a user's browser. Pressing this button you will send to them information on the site you are just visiting. Then you fill few fields and that's all. Report is finished...
In no way I want to propagate a software piracy but I don't think THIS a the right way to fight it. For example the anonymity - everyone could report everyone with fake or noname... What will FAST do if they'll receive thousands of fake reports just because someone is joking or someone wants to make problem to others. Other is that IMO this method changes the moral in society. It will be like in Orwell novels. Everyone will suspect everyone and some companies (Microsoft etc. in this case) will have benefit out of it.
So I'm wondering what is your opinion about this? Would you report someone if you know that he's using illegal copies of software?
thanks for your time
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