Starforce Posts Their objections to Toms Hardware Article

[wetwarev7]

Let me tell you a story.....

Some surprising young entrepenuers wanted to get into software retail. They bought some copies of Windows from overseas, and started thier business. They soon realized that they could drastically increase thier profits if they could just buy one copy and sell it over and over and over, so they did, and they became very wealthy.

Now, it wasn't long before others in thier area had the same idea, so they would buy a copy from the two enterprising young men and sell copy after copy of that.

Eventually the two young men realized what was going on, and that it was putting a financial dent in thier ill-gotten venture, so they decided to do something about it. When the next version came out, they bought a copy, made more copies, and altered some of the files on all the copies to contain code that would render the files useless if it were ever copied again - the first virus.


Now, is this comparing Starforce to pirates? No.
Do I believe this is actually how the first virus came about? Maybe :hmm:

The moral of this story is that while the need to protect software is real, there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. It would be considered wrong in the extreme for me, in a justified effort protect my family from harm, were to enter your home and attempt to remove the firing pins from any firearms you may or may not have, then leave a representative there to disable any future firearms you may purchase.

The minute someone invades your private property and attempts to alter your personal belongings for the sake of thier security, they have stepped over this line.

End transmission.........