If I suspect someone of not having a vB liscense....

[Warlord]

How can I check on it?

[Steve Machol]

You can't. You can report the URL here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/contact/piracy.php

However due to privacy considerations you will not get any answer as to whether or not the site is licensed.

[Warlord]

Well I don't want to turn them in if they're legit, it's just that they're still on 2.2.1 and I found that a bit odd....

[Sparkz]

Well, if they are legit they won't have any problems if you turn them in... And what is strange about not wanting to update your boards all the time?

If I am not mistaken vB.org ran 2.2.1 untill 2.2.5 was release.
If you came across someone running Windows 95 would you report them for piracy? :)

I think I fail to see the logic in your conclusion :)

[Mark Hewitt]

Very true. I still run 2.2.1 because I have loads of hacks on my site and don't want to upgrade unless there are significant features my users will need.

It's not just released hacks either, I sent to mess with the code and forget to write down what I've done, oops :p

[Xenon]

they can also have a licence, but the one year acces to members area is over...

[Atian]

Originally posted by Sparkz
Well, if they are legit they won't have any problems if you turn them in... And what is strange about not wanting to update your boards all the time?

If I am not mistaken vB.org ran 2.2.1 untill 2.2.5 was release.
If you came across someone running Windows 95 would you report them for piracy? :)

I think I fail to see the logic in your conclusion :)

very true,i was using vb 2.2.2 until vb 2.2.6 was released,but now my board is down due to server problem and im hoping looking for a better server,does anyone here reccomend me one?

im right now looking into mediumcube.com,oh,and if youre into buying a domain in mediumcube.com pm after you order it and youll get a prize from me :cool:

[heretic]

spacebattles.com forums are run by kier and they're still on 2.2.1

[filburt1]

Originally posted by Warlord
How can I check on it?

If you can manage to get a screenshot of their logged-in admin CP, look for the top frame that shows the latest version of vBulletin. If it's not there then it's pirated.

[Xenon]

or a licencend user has hacked it out, for whatever reason ;)

[okrogius]

Originally posted by filburt1


If you can manage to get a screenshot of their logged-in admin CP, look for the top frame that shows the latest version of vBulletin. If it's not there then it's pirated.

Actually that's incorrect. Most people do think that the call back is there, but it's not (the latest version javascript is called with your license id to confuse pirates). It's somewhere else. And you won't notice it from a screenshot as it's a 1x1 pixel clear gif.

[filburt1]

Originally posted by Codename49
Actually that's incorrect. Most people do think that the call back is there, but it's not (the latest version javascript is called with your license id to confuse pirates). It's somewhere else. And you won't notice it from a screenshot as it's a 1x1 pixel clear gif.

The paranoid rippers still probably take that out ("that" being the JS version checker).

[eyesontennis]

Oh shut up. I have 2.2.5, but even if they brought out 2.9.9, I wouldn't upgrade because I can't be bothered.

Theres little difference between 2.2.1 and 2.2.5, why bother? Theres loads of legal vBulletins that don't bother upgrading until a proper new version is released, and its going to be the same with me.

[filburt1]

Originally posted by eyesontennis
Theres little difference between 2.2.1 and 2.2.5

Aside from several huge security fixes...

[Velocd]

Originally posted by filburt1


Aside from several huge security fixes...

...such as your server upgrading to a newer PHP version and your forums dying so horribly there would be no inconceivable way for you to ever restore it and you would have to live the rest of your life suffering in remorse regretting not to update...

;) (ok, so maybe I'm exaggerating alittle)

[uranusalien]

a: If I believe it truly, the admin cp has an include of some form to some javascript? And I presume that this javascript returns a 1x1 pixel clear image? Then what's the point of it?

b: if people are using a pirated board, that's their problem. They take the risk, they may get caught.

[TECK]

Originally posted by Mark Hewitt
Very true. I still run 2.2.1 because I have loads of hacks on my site and don't want to upgrade unless there are significant features my users will need.

It's not just released hacks either, I sent to mess with the code and forget to write down what I've done, oops :p for the love of God, upgrade. for your own board security. who cares about hacks if a hacker can take down your board in 30seconds?

[nghiasi]

I been seem alot of illegal ones "pirate" but the vbulletin seem to do nothing........oh well probably there are too much that they didn't have time.

[Steve Machol]

We ALWAYS follow-up on piracy reports. Did it ever occur to you that perhaps Jelsoft is not all-powerful and that in order to shutdown a site it requires the cooperation of the web hosts and other entities?

[skitz]

I run on 4.5 I like it, and im in no rush to update it I might later on when its out of the 3.5's

[Paul M]

Huh ?

This thread is over 3 and a half years old, and that post makes no sense to me.