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I'm talking about places like www.thecrack.net or www.cracks.am. I'm sure you guys know this already, but what they do is provide programs that break protection codes on software. So if they're not illegal, why not? Their role is not very different from that of Warez sites.
I've never heard about them :) :)
Offcourse they are illegal, they're just a bunch of warez pirates who overload their pages with banners and popups. And if you try to download anything they will load you with spyware, www.lop.com as your startpage and that stupid bonzi monkey.
I hate www.lop.com
Got my entire box filled with it, my folk's wern't happy, I blamed it on a "TIme-Release-Virus" lol
that's the last time I go ne were without my Proxomitron
btw: did any one notice that the symbol for The Proxomitron is th same as the symbol for GOD described in the bible?
- Noia
Well i'm a victim of Lop.com how can i get rid of it .
I remove it from the registry but it's still around.
sure man ... any site provides u with a cracking or hacking software is illegal.
unless it's an educational site with a legal notice in it
u'll find it in each document
Crack sites themselves arent illegal but the cracks on them are... So in other words you can visit and download crscks all you want as long as you dont use them :)
Run ad aware, it will remove it.Quote:
Originally posted here by cdre
Well i'm a victim of Lop.com how can i get rid of it .
I remove it from the registry but it's still around.
Actually, it can't exactly be illegal to have a site that has cracks on it. It can only be illegal to host it there, or as I think Ac1d stated, to download the cracks on the page. Not all countries have the same laws, therefore you can't say if one thing is deemed "illegal" to be on the internet...that would be regulating the internet and you'd need an online "police force" and that is just not reasonable.
bah they suck. warez = gay
REAL crack sites rule. IE: cracking groups like http://www.the-eminence.com/
Our site is down for a week but our BBS is still up so you can post a request if you like ;)
oh, incase you didnt guess. I am RaX ;)
Ac1d is right. By nature, the site itself (as long as it is hosted in the US) iis just an excercise of your right to free speech and press. If you use the programs/cracks/hacks contained within, you can be found both criminally and civilly reponsible for various copyright infringements. In addition to which, if you host the site and someone else gets in trouble with the law for using cracks that you provided, you may be held responsible as an accomplice.Quote:
Originally posted here by ac1dsp3ctrum
Crack sites themselves arent illegal but the cracks on them are... So in other words you can visit and download crscks all you want as long as you dont use them :)
Ok, thanks guys. So the difference between Crack sites and Warez sites is that the former do not offer copyrighted material. Even though the cracks can be used to infringe on copyright, they are legal because their copyright is not being violated, right?
Have any companies challenged this in court? And has it led to any Crack sites being shut down?
Btw, what do you guys think of Astalavista.com? That's probably the biggest crack search engine on the net. Also, they offer some very interesting literature, like "hijacking Hotmail accounts". But I guess that's all legal cause you can say they put it up there for educational purposes.
Well what about sites that hold things such as Starcraft hacks or diablo hacks? If like you say it is legle just to host them, and not download/use them, how is it Blizzard always manages to close down the best of those sites?
RaDIaToR52: More than likely they close them down by putting pressure on their ISP or web hosters. The hosters and ISP's don't wanna go through legal battles and all that mess, usually, so they just kick the people off their servers.
As long as you legally own a software package it is perfectly legal to create and use a crack for it. Crack sites are not illegal because they have a disclaimer telling you the legal way to use what they have available. If you use it to pirate software, then you did something illegal, not them. The reason starcraft and diablo sites get shut down is they distribute fake cd-keys and the like, which is not just a crack, it's a violation of copyright law.
no.
if i make a patch that doesnt make it illegale. If the user decides to download it and use it then its THEIR choice not mine. Read the disclaimers in the .nfo/.diz files.
It's also the symbol for the Illuminati, a (fictional?) secret and powerful group.Quote:
Originally posted here by Noia
btw: did any one notice that the symbol for The Proxomitron is th same as the symbol for GOD described in the bible?
- Noia [/B]
What is Proxomitron??
The question is were are crack sites legal. If the country it’s hosted in has no copyright laws then it’s perfectly legal.
It's called "The Proxomitron" and it's a great little program. It functions as a proxy that is accessible only to your comp, and blocks ads and other annoying things. Add to this the refuse popups option in opera, and you're in browsing heaven.Quote:
dunno.. but stopping illegal warez sites seems impossible since they are a huge network.. well most of them..
Cracks.am is hosted in like lithuania or some place like that that does dont recignise the same laws that we do regarding software. There cracking software is legal