actually you did not pay to access vb.org, you paid for the software you use, and though here, your license that you paid 160$ is not nulled by anybody, even cracked, it's all yours, nobody else can use it... that's the only security Jelsoft need to apply on what you are refering to.

for the Xth time, vb.org is a privilege, not a gain when you pay your software... you may loose that privilege, but you only have to behave properly and nothing will happen. it's a per-person basis management.

piracy?... i can count at least 50 nullifiers who release their own version of vBulletin 30 seconds after each release... if that's not one of them, someone else will do it, pathetically. vB is not costly enough, people can renew anytime, and they can share their gain anyway. look at Esvon, which is 650$ for the minimalist package... i'm not rating the script, but try to find it on the nulled market... hackers just don't want to purchase it just to leech.