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Warez for Sale?
Posted by Raul Ruiz on Friday, January 17 @ 21:48:09 EST
Contributed by Anonymous (Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel)
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Anonymous (Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel) writes "I recently found an interesting site online, warezstore.com. It is a site for people to download full versions of software programs, or have them sent to them on cd. At the root of the site they have a link to the "Terms and Conditions", which basically seems to be "backup copy" mumbo jumbo. On their F.A.Q. page, they say to find "serial for program that i got from you" is presumably on the media, and any software which requires dongles has been cracked. If software requires a dongle, and you have a license and a dongle, why would you be ordering a "backup copy" that is cracked? Why would you need a serial if you have a license? Can someone please explain how a site like this can stay open and survive?

Note: A very interesting site. Have any Lawmeme readers ever ordered anything from there?"
 
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Re: Warez for Sale? (Score: 0)
by Anonymous (Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel) on Friday, January 17 @ 22:42:41 EST
"explain how a site like this can stay open and survive"

It's not US based, which probably helps. Whois info below. Looks like a Belgium front address for someone based in Russia? Traceroute suggests that the physical location is Russia.

domain: WAREZSTORE.COM
owner-address: Ivanuchka Durachek
owner-address: 999, Zarstvo
owner-address: 670000
owner-address: Daun
owner-address: Belgium
...
nserver: aserver.one.ru 193.124.133.29
nserver: aserver.red.ru 194.135.19.34
...
person: Ivanuchka Durachek
nic-hdl: ID100-GANDI
address: 999, Zarstvo
address: 670000
address: Daun
address: Belgium
phone: +7 856955844
fax: +7 856955844
e-mail: zharinov@mail.ru


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Re: Warez for Sale? (Score: 0)
by Anonymous (Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel) on Saturday, January 18 @ 18:20:11 EST
Hehe, reading Customer feedback on the site. Remarkably literate and wordy formulations for your average warez site, and most seem written by the same person.


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