
Inside
Software Piracy
A Glimpse into
the World of Piracy
Even before researching this book, I had disdain for the
aggressive legal tactics used by the software, music, and
movie industries.The big guys with lots of money are suing
the little guys for making copies of some of their songs. It is
not like these companies are being deprived of anything;
they still own the songs, which they can sell.
Our research into the piracy underground opened our
eyes to an entirely new world of suppliers, crackers, couriers,
and counterfeiters. We never imagined the immensity of the
warez (exaggerated plural derivative of software) commu-
nity, or that it pervaded so ...