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| Thread ID: 38042 | 2003-09-25 09:19:00 | Piracy and virus risk label on new software?? | PoWa (203) | Press F1 |
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| 177863 | 2003-09-25 09:19:00 | If you go into a store and buy your software from a shop, you will notice it has a label on it stating they don't accept returns of the software unless faulty due to copyright issues and virus risks. Ok, I understand the copyright issue, but how the heck do you burn additional data (e.g virus) onto an already finalised cd - stamped cd even??? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 177864 | 2003-09-25 09:27:00 | Its a hangover from the good old days when programs were on a boxful of floppy disks. The technology has moved on but the underwriters and risk managers are still stuck in the '80s They probably had millions of labels left? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 177865 | 2003-09-25 15:28:00 | I remember a year or two ago that m$'s copying plant in malaysia or somewhere got the malissa (or however you spell it) virus onto their copying servers or something... the worm got onto some files and then burnt onto the cd's and went out the door... i think QA picked it up though... luckily Problem is though, how can you pick up viruses when you don't have an OS loaded :P - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 177866 | 2003-09-26 02:39:00 | Here's another caveat (I seem to recall reading a comment by Geoff Palmer about this): How many software products contain license agreement clauses that are only visible on-screen once you have opened the box and are about to install? I have heard of the ones that claim to grant the author rights to view / use / modify, etc . any derivative works produced by the software . Isn't that also a form of piracy? If the alert users disagree to the terms & conditions, what comeback do they have with the software vendor? I can see there would be few incentives to infringe copyright in those cases . And why is it such standard practice to disclaim all warranties and liabilities (not that the Consumer Guarantees Act allows it)? Okay, there may be the odd elusive defect that was overlooked, but this should be kept to a minimum through an adequate level of testing . Just my '5 (NZ) cents' |
D. McG (3023) | ||
| 177867 | 2003-09-26 02:53:00 | I hope David you mean computer related, as we can talk Biological if you like :P | Kame (312) | ||
| 177868 | 2003-09-26 03:12:00 | Not a derivitave of piracy if both parties have agreed to it. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 177869 | 2003-09-26 07:36:00 | Ahh thanks for your input gf and others. So its definitely not possible to write additional data onto a cd after its been finalised or if its a stamped cd?? Maybe you could force burn it on, but you would probably have to write your own software for doing that or something? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 177870 | 2003-09-26 09:21:00 | If its a stamped PC its simply not possible to write to it. The stamping is onto a metallised layer, not a dye based layer like a CDR. A CD writer laser is not going to be able to write information on it. The metallic layer does not change reflectivity as a dye based layer does, when heated by a laser. Any laser powerful enough to burn the layer would do just that. Burn it, not write anything that could be read. |
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