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Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy?

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Groovee,

> is it possible that someone can download a copy of the software
> and use it without paying??

The answer is: it depends.

1) Yes, you can run the *client-side* software as much as you like (just 
don't allow it access to the internet).

... which won't do you any good if the client-side software depends on 
server-side software to do the actual work though - as it does in your case.

2) Can you tell the server-side software that your non-payed for client-side 
software is actually legit ?

Yeah, sure.    Its just as with lockpicking:  With enough time, 
determination and the right tools you can crack /any/ lock, no matter how 
clever it is constructed.

The only problem is that a) it takes a /lot/ of effort and knowledge, and b) 
If-and-when you make the slightest mistake the "home owners" (the company 
running the servers you connect to) will be alerted to your intrusion - 
without you noticing it.

And when that happens they will most likely try to figure out who you are. 
And when they do you are, with the current internet laws, in big trouble.

tl;dr:
Yes, its possible.   But not just anybody can do it (crack a program). And 
even if they can they can be caught by even the slightest mistake.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-07-17 01:08 -0700
  Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-07-17 12:36 +0200
  Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-07-17 19:10 +0200
    Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-07-17 10:28 -0700
      Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-07-18 16:16 +0200
        Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-07-20 00:39 -0700
          Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-07-20 23:11 +0200
          Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@sympatico.ca> - 2019-07-20 22:17 -0400
            Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-07-24 01:01 -0700
          Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-07-23 07:49 +0200
  Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-07-18 10:26 +0200
  Re: Does "cloud" mean the end of piracy? Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-07-21 14:29 +0200

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