So, after 6 months of hard work finally released my application. Today I found the first web site where people download it cracked, and I was wondering if any of you fellow programmers know how to react to such stuff?

I'd first like to say this is purely for educational purposes. When I was learning assembly, I was tinkering with apps, and found a debugger to debug the programs, it was called as OllyDbg. I accidentally learned that I could crack apps using it. Download Cracked iOS Games and Apps for Free Without Jailbreak. Cracked macOS Games, Apps. Books for iPhone, iPad and macOS, daily updates. For jailbroken and not jailbroken devices. The best App Database on Internet!

Is there anything the software author can do to get the cracked version offline, or I'm just boned and shouldn't create anymore software, but just work on client's projects? What's your advice? Anybody with experience in that? Edit: programming is what I do- so no question about whether or not continuing, just is that clients pay per project in real money, and I still don't know if indie development would pay at least for the time invested, and now with the cracked download I'm trying to evaluate what to do, and if there's way to react post discussion: As I see how much interest this question generated I'd say even if not purely programming topic the community needed to say what they think. And I'd say this page became a very good read for any programmer interested in the topic. Ok, I've been selling software online for almost 10 years.

I have had several products marketed to both individuals and businesses. I am always shocked when I see developers are happy that someone thought their software was worth stealing. I mean, didn't you already know that? Why else would you spend time creating it if you didn't think it was worth anything? I'd wager you would not say, 'Wow, I had some great stuff and feel honored someone went to all the trouble of taking it.' If someone broke into your house and stole your property.

Stealing is stealing no matter if it is a Porsche 911 turbo, music, software or a pack of gum. There is also another popular myth that pirated versions do not impact sales. I have done a few different experiments myself and also have friends in the industry that have seen significant revenue impacts due to piracy. In fact, I had one product that I could always tell when it was keygen'd because sales would immediately dive as much as 70%. I was using, and when I updated the verification to make the bogus codes stop working sales immediately went back to normal. I assume you would call thousands of dollars a month a significant impact on sales? In one experiment I used the to redirect customers who entered a pirated key to a special web page that explained they were stealing.

Over 50% of people who went to that page bought the software. That almost brought sales back to pre-keygen levels. Those people would have stolen the software if the code would have worked for them. This is a product with a fully functional 30 day trial, so they had already fully tested the software. Also, the product was under $20 USD, so it wasn't an expensive one. Other people I know have tried the redirect bogus codes to a web page technique with similar (and sometimes significantly better) results. I do agree that some people will never buy your software, and you have to balance protecting unauthorized use and inconveniencing honest customers.

But don't be fooled into thinking piracy isn't a big problem and not worth investing a reasonable amount of effort to prevent. People aren't as honest as most of us would like to think. Update First I want to say, as I stated in my comment below, I am not going to get into an argument or debate about this--especially one based on semantics. I have debated this for years in person, at conferences, and in private forums. I've heard all the arguments before. Now I will try to answer some of the constructive questions.

I tried my own experiment on two different products. One was an Outlook add-in to manage various hidden security settings. It was purchased by both individuals and companies. The numbers above are for that product. I also did another experiment on a business targeted product that translated database schemas to various formats. This product had slightly less (around 10% less, so 40%) conversion from the page I redirected the bogus keys to.

I also am aware of several business owners that did the same experiment and discussed the results with me in private. These were a wide range of products. Some had a vertical market and some were very horizontal. Their conversion rate on the bogus key page was between 20% and 70%.

Even at the low end that's a significant amount of extra revenue. I suspect the impact/effect of piracy varies from market to market. And in certain software markets, piracy can certainly hurt sales. But music is one area where piracy generally helps more than it hurts. I say generally because in music there are artists too for whom piracy has a negative impact. These are generally mainstream pop artists who rely heavily on the sales of hit singles to the 13-18yo crowd.

With software, it will depend on your target demographic as well. And it's silly to compare breaking-and-entering and theft of property to illegal duplication/usage of your IP. – Aug 24 '10 at 2:41 30.

I have to admit that I haven't read all the answers and the slew of comments, but here my view on the topic: • Concentrate on making it as easy as possible to pay for the software. Think of and.

Dishonest people will always go to great lengths to avoid paying, but I think most people would gladly pay you if you make it easy enough. • Keep the price low.

If the price is low enough (say $5), it falls below the threshold of 'practically free', and people will start thinking '$5 is nothing, I might as well pay'. These two combined will prevent your honest customers from trying to get a hacked copy of your software.

There's nothing you can do. Once the software is out there, it's out there. Sure, you could send all sorts of legal threats and takedown notices to the sites in question. And then those who acquired the software will post it to other sites. If the software hadn't already been made available for free, you could cram it full of DRM and copy protection and so on. Which just get cracked. Microsoft must have spent billions trying to prevent people from pirating Windows.

I still know a good handful of people who run pirated versions of Windows 7 with no problems. You can't prevent people from pirating your software. What you can do is make people feel your software is worth paying for. Some developers have noticed some effect simply from posting a polite and personal message on torrent sites. On the torrent for your software, post a comment saying you're the developer of this software, and while you're glad to see that people like it, the money from software sales goes directly to you and your dog and no one else, and you can't afford to keep making software if you don't get paid. So please consider buying a license. Some companies try to combat piracy simply by treating their customers well.

Make it something that people want to use. Sell it at a price that people are willing to pay. Provide extras for paying customers.

Provide good support to people with a valid license. Some people are going to pirate your software. There's nothing you can do to prevent it. And it only takes one copy to appear on one warez site, before it spreads and becomes impossible to take down. On the other hand, those people who pirated it most likely weren't prepared to pay for it anyway. If they hadn't been able to pirate it, they simply wouldn't have used it. So in that sense, you haven't lost anything.

Remember who your paying customers are. They are the ones you have to satisfy in order to run a successful business. The ones who don't pay aren't your customers, so they're a lot less important. Mac Os X 10 5 Torrent Isosorbide there. You might find blog post an interesting read too. And finally, because some people find it hard to accept that the world isn't black and white, and like to think that anyone who doesn't equate software pirates with some kind of evil zombie demon hitler are secretly pirates themselves, let me be absolutely clear: I do not condone piracy. I am not saying you should love software pirates or treat them like your own children.

Ck2 Save File Editing Tools. I am merely saying that it is an unavoidable fact of life, and too many companies spend huge amounts on 'piracy prevention' which doesn't prevent pirates from using their software, but does make the software less convenient to use for paying customers.

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