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An acquaintance of mine introduced his friend in India, who was supposedly working for a contractor whose job is to harass companies pirating Adobe products int
by Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
An acquaintance of mine introduced his friend in India, who was supposedly working for a contractor whose job is to harass companies pirating Adobe products into buying a contract; He proudly claimed that "he reported his Ex-employer to Adobe due to bad blood and harassed them to pay several several lakh rupees".
I've heard earlier that such agencies work for Microsoft, Adobe in India but that was the first time I've heard in-person from someone working for them. Adobe has every right to stop piracy of its products, but I wonder the legality of harassing the pirate instead of making a legal complaint. I presume it doesn't happen in US?
- tallanvor 6y agoThe BSA is an example of an organization that takes reports of companies pirating software and trying to work with them to get them to start using the software legally. It's legal to do this and is often cheaper for both sides as lawsuits are expensive.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y agoHypothetically, then it makes huge business incentive for these companies to work with hackers/crackers to embed malware in their crack for homing in on the pirates. Since, there wasn't any intrusion involved, I doubt whether it would be considered hacking legally? Even if it did, does the protections apply to cracks used for pirating? I bet there aren't any legal precedence for such situations in several countries where such organizations operate.