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How is this not illegal?
« on: April 12, 2004, 05:38:48 AM »
http://deforest.allofoem.biz/?cz

I assume that this is a scam of some sort.  I'm curious, however--this is one I haven't seen before.
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Re: How is this not illegal?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2004, 05:44:49 AM »
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Where does this software comes from ?

The software is shipped from Eastern Europe.


Ya, I think that says it all.
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Re: How is this not illegal?
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2004, 06:11:18 AM »
So, what do you think?  They just burning illegal copies and shipping them off?  There's also a line in their FAQ that says "These are backup copies" or something like that.  
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Re: How is this not illegal?
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2004, 07:29:27 AM »
are you reading your spam again?

I think yes, they're burning copies, have a good labeling device, and make a lot of money by doing it in a country that doesn't have extradition agreements with the US over copyright issues.
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Re: How is this not illegal?
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2004, 07:38:23 AM »
These things just always make me curious.  I like looking at their site and seeing how they pretend to try and be legal.  
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Re: How is this not illegal?
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2004, 09:58:01 AM »
Website's not coming up.  They must have to move their completely legal business every two hours for um.... tax purposes, yeah that's it.
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Re: How is this not illegal?
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2004, 01:52:07 PM »
Ah, the black-market. What would the world be like without it?
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Re: How is this not illegal?
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2004, 01:55:27 PM »
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