Mods being copied all over the world??

[Reeve of shinra]

Sometimes those pirate sites are the only way to find a modification that suddenly went to the vb.org graveyard. I haven't had the need to do that since I keep backups of the mods I download but others might have.

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by kevcj

A couple of weeks ago I saw a guy on digital point selling a zip file with around 200 VB modifications in it. The price was like $5. I thought about reporting it, but who would I report it to?


And why would someone pay for a mod they can get for free, unless they do not have an active license.

Wow thats bad, but i guess its an easy way of making money for these sellers, with all the nulled versions out there and our free mods being sold, they have it made

and like you, i'd be lost at even trying to report it??

Perhaps a self descruct code might suffice

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Originally Posted by KW802

The vBulletin 'pirate' scene is rampant with no way of controlling it. As soon as something is released here at vB.org, it is almost guaranteed to be reposted at other sites, sometimes within minutes.

Now that worries me Kev

each time someone find for the first time that we have a dark side of the net, we see that kind of thread of panic and stress.

you can not have a safe side of things without an unsafe side... it's like " hell VS paradise " ... and it's not always clear which side is the paradise. you see the nulled market as a bad thing, but remember that if we would not have these nullifiers, you would have an unsafe software with flaws and insecure authentication. these pirates help you having a really efficient forum.

for the release side of things, yeap, it's bad... i always suffered this situation until vbEnhancer.com, because i did not want to see my stuff released there and unsupported... now i do not care anymore... they want to play with my stuff, that's bad for them, nobody will help them if they crash their forum.

in the last 2 years, i was involved in some of these pirates sites (yes you can check on google), because i wanted to spy on who was doing it and who was really using it... i can tell you that 90% of these "members" have no idea of how to manage vBulletin at first. they have their small fan sites hidden, and they ask for basic questions about how to change the vBulletin title in the footer... pathetic... their future is simple: they switch to phpBB and the more addicts are paying their license in the next months. for the 10% that have knowledge of what they do, i can tell that they are doing it just because they are renegades... most of them have legit licenses, they just do it to be different. and some just hate to pay for products because these products do not worth 100 or 200$.... this is something not related to vb.org because this site is not providing paid solutions.

[lasto]

dont knock it some of these warezs sites are worth there weight in gold.Ive seen hacks on them that are not even available here and considering there are a lot smaller in size some of the better ones go out of there way to help members.
And yes ive seen hacks appear on these sites within minutes as well of them appearing on here but thats life i suppose even though i have nothing against it.

yeah, i know a lot of addons which never were release publically that were found on some of these sites... sometimes it's a good way to see what's in the commercial market!

there was even a place well known where some members were making requests like "i want nexia's hacks" ... i was happy to answer them myself.... sooo funny to see them hide after they get caught.. lol

[lasto]

get caught doing what ? only thing u can really do them for, is for running an unlicensed version of vbull and thats upto Jelsoft to proceed with.
Remember a hack is only useful if someone can put it to use.We all download hacks and even click install but that dont mean we keep the hack installed on our boards.Ive deleted many ive installed after a few days as they where not what i throught they was etc.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by lasto

dont knock it some of these warezs sites are worth there weight in gold.Ive seen hacks on them that are not even available here and considering there are a lot smaller in size some of the better ones go out of there way to help members.
And yes ive seen hacks appear on these sites within minutes as well of them appearing on here but thats life i suppose even though i have nothing against it.

So even though some of the items are released here under license restrictions that specify that they can not be posted elsewhere, and/or that the branding can not be removed, that it is OK to have these sites offer them? I find it a bit ironic that you have links in your sig about getting ripped off while at the same saying "warezs" sites are worth their "weight in gold."

[lasto]

maybe u never read it right - i said that some of these sites have hacks that are not even released here as they are free to use of the board that makes them.Remember not all sites that offer vbhacks are all from here - some of them actually make their own.

[RedTyger]

It's not just warez sites. I've seen web design companies/individuals replace my copyright with their own so it looks like the modification is their own work. I find that much more irritating, although you're more likely to be able to actually do something about it, should you want to.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by lasto

maybe u never read it right - i said that some of these sites have hacks that are not even released here as they are free to use of the board that makes them.Remember not all sites that offer vbhacks are all from here - some of them actually make their own.

Maybe you didn't say it right. There is a big difference between sites offering hacks other than vB.org and advocating that "some of these warezs sites are worth there weight in gold." As you said it yourself, you have nothing against those sites reposting hacks from here.

Originally Posted by RedTyger

It's not just warez sites. I've seen web design companies/individuals replace my copyright with their own so it looks like the modification is their own work. I find that much more irritating, although you're more likely to be able to actually do something about it, should you want to.

I think some people would be surprised at the number of "vB experts" who take that approach as well.