Where Can I report MUsical Software Piracy ?

[VeXKoN]

asking to be paid for promoting piracy is even worse then these sites. that's why i think the ebayers are the worst sort!

[Ja.x]

Reporting? The problem is that we'll never know where it leads when people starts to report on one another. Maybe some people will even like it...

[P.T.]

No one cares,

The Government won't even shut down child porn sites.

[Jeremy_NSL]

I don't know about that.. The DOJ just lately shut down a bunch of bittorrent sites, and then of course they busted isonews.com a few years ago. Of course the whole bittorrent thing was only in response to Star Wars ep. 3 being leaked, and the media attention it garnered. Probably if there is little/no media attention, nothing would happen.

[Evan]

Give me the address! I want to report it too.

[xander]

Who are you talking to?, and what does it mean???

On a serious note... the Citizen Corps is one of several volunteer organizations that has been setup by the Bush administration as a part of Homeland Security. One aspect of Citizen Corps was a citizen "snitch" program called Operation TIPS which was deemed too controversial and (allegedly) abandonded.

I'm always leery of citizens snitching on each other. IMO it sets potentially bad precedents. We really shouldn't be policing each other. There are already authorities to police such crimes. Let them do their job.

What John says.

Quit trying to be a 'Junior G-Man' - it may even get you hurt.

Besides, Lars Ulrich is on top of things -- and Bill Gates, even with all the illegal copies of Windows in the world, is in no danger of losing his status as the richest geek in history!

[Jazz Franco]

Yeah, John, you hit the right spot!

Are you Russian or just living there?

Absolutely Russian!
Not a vodka-drinker though, which may be somewhat misleading

[Jazz Franco]

On a serious note...
There is reporting and then some... One thing is reporting some kind of dangerous (eg terrorist) activities--think you see some people apparently planting a bomb in the tube or smth. If I were in such situation I wouldn't hesitate a moment to call the police. But if I see a shoplifter in a supermarket I will never rush to the security guy. With all my respect towards private property and stuff, I'm not a snitch. That's what you usually learn at a very tender age (well, my generation, at least)--snitching stinks.
As for the warez, my opinion is that the only way is education. And starting from your very own self--I used warez for quite a time before I found meself on KvR. Now I either use freeware or buy affordable shareware products--not only because now I'm such an angelic creature , but because it was easy to use a cracked copy of, say, Rene's synth without even knowing who the hell is this guy, but acting so when you know the developer (at least, virtually) is possible IMHO only for the most stinky bastard. You can't steal from a friend, even real criminals don't. And if you want to really fight piracy--c'mon, carry the flame! Tell your friends about alternatives to warez, that one doesn't actually need $$$$oftware to make music, that there is a lot of cheap stuff around buying which one will not just get great un-corporate software, but also help the developer to stay adrift, and so on and so forth.... Use your imagination.

[herodotus]

Now I either use freeware or buy affordable shareware products--not only because now I'm such an angelic creature , but because it was easy to use a cracked copy of, say, Rene's synth without even knowing who the hell is this guy, but acting so when you know the developer (at least, virtually) is possible IMHO only for the most stinky bastard. You can't steal from a friend, even real criminals don't. And if you want to really fight piracy--c'mon, carry the flame! Tell your friends about alternatives to warez, that one doesn't actually need $$$$oftware to make music, that there is a lot of cheap stuff around buying which one will not just get great un-corporate software, but also help the developer to stay adrift, and so on and so forth.... Use your imagination.

Word!

[androidlove]

i've always appreciated ppl telling me about shoplifters. i haven't been able to catch one in the act though. that's the only way you can get em.

once i managed to see that this dad had an "extra" toy in his sack. he took off running through the mall without his family

[Jazz Franco]

i've always appreciated ppl telling me about shoplifters. i haven't been able to catch one in the act though. that's the only way you can get em.

once i managed to see that this dad had an "extra" toy in his sack. he took off running through the mall without his family

Jeez, are you a security guy? Tough work this must be, Yoda sez:-)

[androidlove]

Jeez, are you a security guy?

I work as and have worked as a salesman.

Thieves suck no matter who they're stealing from.

[Jazz Franco]

Jeez, are you a security guy?

I work as and have worked as a salesman.

Thieves suck no matter who they're stealing from.

Agree. But it's a cops and thieves sorta game.

[androidlove]

call me a cop then

[androidlove]

I've hunted down some of the stuff that's been stolen from me, so I guess I qualify as detective.

I won't turn in someone for harming themselves. It's their life. However, I don't go for someone abusing others.