AE Pro 6 $100 PhotoShop 8 CS $150

dholt schrieb am 05.12.2003 um 23:50 Uhr
Has anybody checked out www.ibackups.net
They sell AE 6 Pro for $99.95 and Photoshop 8 CS for $149.95?
You can immediatly download the software or they will send you a disk and a key for it for $20?

This really looks like it's way to good to be true? How can this site do this? I would be interested in getting your reactions? I emailed them and asked and they sent me an email and said everything was totally legal. There take is you can use the software just not register it? Interesting. HMMMMMMM?
Anyone heard about anything like this?

Kommentare

Liam_Vegas schrieb am 06.12.2003 um 00:04 Uhr
Too good to be true? Yep.

Basically they are charging you to provide you with a backup "COPY" of the software on the understanding that YOU are a registered owner of the product in the first place. Not sure how they get around the need to enter serial numbers... see the following from their FAQ thingy.

9.1 You understand that in order for iBackups.net to make you a copy of any software, you acknowledge that you are the legal owner of this same software, and are looking to just make a new copy for archival (backup) purposes only. You also agree to destroy all copies of the software in the event it is ever no longer voluntarily in your possession. You understand that only the licensed owner (with a valid serial number, where applicable) of the various software found on iBackups.net may use the services located here. You also acknowledge that the software you have was obtained legally and that you have the legal right to request this backup copy to be made. If you obtained your version though any other means, including any pirated versions, or if you do not already legally own the same version of the software requested, then you may not use this service. Furthermore, you agree to hold iBackups.net harmless for any damages that may occur for your failure to follow the U.S. Copyright and other laws as they pertain to the backup you are requesting. When you purchase any backup copy of software through iBackups.net, you agree to assume full liability in the event your actions are deemed illegal. iBackups.net does not condone software piracy and has every intention of complying with the laws pertaining to the duplication of software.

SonyEPM schrieb am 06.12.2003 um 00:08 Uhr
Too go to be true- stay away. This is obviously a bogus operation. Don't give them your credit card #. Make sure you run an antivirus scan asap. Since you've already been to their site, expect prodigious amounts of porno-spam for the rest of your life, probably cc'd to everybody in your email list. Say hi to mom.



[r]Evolution schrieb am 06.12.2003 um 00:28 Uhr
Be very cautious when you are using KEYGENS or WAREZ or CRACKZ or etc. These can mess up your Registry, Cause Conflicts, and I think it is illegal. When I was first starting to learn MultiTracking and Video Editing I used to get the WAREZ as a means of trying out the software. Hell, I didn't even know what most of the softwares I heard people talking about was for. This was how I tried them out basically. But I learned my lesson the hard way. Some of them were plagued with viruses amongst other things. I lost a hard drive that housed an entire albums worth of music. 6 months of work... down the drain.

All I'm saying is be very cautious. Don't let this happen to you.

Lamont
TheHappyFriar schrieb am 06.12.2003 um 04:19 Uhr
Plus, if they sell "backups," why would they charge a different price for different programs? CD's cost pennies.

On the "bright " side of warez, keygens, and cracks, I belive it was ruled in court that if you have an old software program that is no longer supported (ie if Sony stops letting us register old copies of Vegas) you are now legaly able to use a crack/keygen to get it working. IF you're a legal user. I guess this falls under the DCMA (or whatever it's called).


But... STAY AWAY FROM WAREZ! Back in college I lost my computer due to a virus that was implanted in a Frogger game. Of course everyone got hit by the Chernobyl virus then (around 99) and i didn't. My computer was already down! :)
Spot|DSE schrieb am 06.12.2003 um 05:26 Uhr
There are 2 precedents, both overturned by district courts. DMCA DOES allow certain rights for applications that are 2 years past the last date of manufacturer support. But cracked codes are not part of them. Messing with cracked codes, warez, keygens might be fine for young kids with little to lose except their hard drives and their parents getting into trouble, but for professionals...
hell, I can't even believe this came up in a respectable forum.
Also, be aware that often companies sell OEM versions of softwares without boxes, this is also illegal for them to do. Not illegal for you to buy though, if that makes sense. However, if an OEM is caught doing this, sometimes it invalidates the registration ability, and so you're stuck with a disc and can't reg it. And the OEM usually uses a front, so you can't find them either. Microsoft is constantly battling this, and constantly killing OEM reg code regions.