that's great, isn't it: lawsuits against pirates from the big shit.

[sdawson]

I was being sarcastic. Microsoft hasn't laid a viable lawsuit against us yet, and since we don't really affect Microsoft's revenue directly with what's on this site, they probably won't. We actually probably help promote Windows Mobile and what it can do more so than damage it.

lol, they locked the thread. ☻

[syto203]

damn u really gave it to them and with proof that only some argued with it
and a simple example is the developer of wmwifi he first released it as a freeware to gain publicity then decided to put it for money and even though his releases keeps getting cracked but he doesnt complain he just improves the security in the next release wich make it harder for crackers to crack, he considers crackers as some kind of free security checkers n he remains positive all the time ( i think ).

[ViewtifulJoe]

Just a lil nice info grabbed on C4P

As we predicted, Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures for the Windows Mobile Marketplace, even on its second level (the first one was delete the cab file) did last very long at all.

Chainfire wrote on XDA-Developers:

Quote:
I have now cracked the "advanced" copy protection used by Marketplace. As you may know, this is a "better" protection than the original "CAB copy protection" Marketplace offered. This "advanced" protection uses license keys that are verified when you run the application, and given out and controlled by Microsoft.

Several developers are annoyed that Microsoft does not allow us to use our own licensing schemes, and are forced to use "no protection" (the original CAB copy protection) or use Microsoft’s scheme which is essentially a single point of failure for all Marketplace protected apps.

This new "advanced" protection was released today by Microsoft, and as far as I know no app available already uses it at the time of this writing.

So I got the code snippets you are supposed to put in your app and it was simply jawdroppingly WTF. While it was not exactly easy to beat, it took me less than two hours to devise a "generic" hack, without modifying any files on the device. (Well hey, at least it’s better than the 5 minutes it took for the "basic" protection, right?)

A "generic" hack? Yes, by this I mean that this single hack (actually, running an EXE in the background) will completely bypass the entire code snippet provided by Microsoft that is supposed to check and validate your license code, for all Marketplace apps that use this "advanced" protection.
Chainfire will not be releasing the hack, which involves patching the cryptographic module while it is running in the background. His goal is to get Microsoft to realize a mono-culture of copy protection means no protection at all for all, and for Microsoft to allow developers to use their own various modules. While we ourselves do not think this is an ideal solution, the ease with which their new protection has been bypassed remains frightening to developers, and may cause them to stay away from the embryonic Windows Mobile Marketplace.

Source : http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=10056

[mpg187]

I like having the software here for free because ShareWare is annoying. I find an app I really want and find out that it's going to expire in a few days. Lots of shareware is made to trick you into thinking it's freeware. How many times I Googled something to find a "free program" that's not really free. Some sites are nice enough to tell you it's shareware, but some are not.

Secondly say John has a PDA and buys Program A. He gets a serial for his device ID. John's PDA breaks and he gets a new one (with a different ID). He cannot use the software even though he paid for it.

And finally, how can you get away with this? Has the site ever received any legal threats?

My vision on piracy: no problem for personal use. If you use it on professional (commercial) base ask your boss to buy it.

I simply hate people that use "our versions" for their own commercial purposes. Shame on them.

Also don't forget that "our versions" create product awareness in the market. I think Navngo for
example has benifitted from the fact that so many people dumped TomTom for iGo2006 and later
iGo8.
Perhaps we have even been used?

Cheers

Funny thread, they really hate this place!...

"You are a thief, a coward, a liar, and worth less than the shite on my boots. I would, as many here would, like to see you drown in a vat of burning tar. Just kidding, we all love how you steal from us, and our families. " - Pig Man on that piece of S*** Mickeysoft fourm. PPCWarez is awesome. I like it here.

man I was gonna post but its locked . . .

[ConanTroutman]

Ha Ha Id forgotten about that........ it was that thread which pointed me in the direction of this fine site!