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I wrote a piece of code that should be helpful for many people around here that sell software/shareware for a living. It's called crack tracker and it scans filesharing sites (rapidshare etc) for illegal downloads of your software (usually with cracks and keygens). It presents all confirmed links in a list so that you can file your DMCA complaints and have them removed http://zabkat.com/blog/14Mar09-crack-tracker.htm[^] (free) hth nikos
1 vote: this is not the right place to advertise you product, however good or useful. If it's any good write an article or pay to advertise it.
me, me, me "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!" Larry Niven nils illegitimus carborundum
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I wrote a piece of code that should be helpful for many people around here that sell software/shareware for a living. It's called crack tracker and it scans filesharing sites (rapidshare etc) for illegal downloads of your software (usually with cracks and keygens). It presents all confirmed links in a list so that you can file your DMCA complaints and have them removed http://zabkat.com/blog/14Mar09-crack-tracker.htm[^] (free) hth nikos
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I wrote a piece of code that should be helpful for many people around here that sell software/shareware for a living. It's called crack tracker and it scans filesharing sites (rapidshare etc) for illegal downloads of your software (usually with cracks and keygens). It presents all confirmed links in a list so that you can file your DMCA complaints and have them removed http://zabkat.com/blog/14Mar09-crack-tracker.htm[^] (free) hth nikos
And it's completely useless... How many pirate sites are there on any given day? You can't tell me you know about all of them and can scan every one of them. If you tell me you're using Google or Yahoo, you're sadly mistaken if you believe that's a complete list. Sites go up and get torn down just to reappears under a different address or domain name all the time. You can't possibly track them all.
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
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I wrote a piece of code that should be helpful for many people around here that sell software/shareware for a living. It's called crack tracker and it scans filesharing sites (rapidshare etc) for illegal downloads of your software (usually with cracks and keygens). It presents all confirmed links in a list so that you can file your DMCA complaints and have them removed http://zabkat.com/blog/14Mar09-crack-tracker.htm[^] (free) hth nikos
umeca74 wrote:
crack tracker
Does it work for stalking?
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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I wrote a piece of code that should be helpful for many people around here that sell software/shareware for a living. It's called crack tracker and it scans filesharing sites (rapidshare etc) for illegal downloads of your software (usually with cracks and keygens). It presents all confirmed links in a list so that you can file your DMCA complaints and have them removed http://zabkat.com/blog/14Mar09-crack-tracker.htm[^] (free) hth nikos
umeca74 wrote:
umeca74 wrote:
nikos
Waittaminnit! Are you Nikos Bozinis?!? You really are da man! xplorer2 ROCKS!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And it's completely useless... How many pirate sites are there on any given day? You can't tell me you know about all of them and can scan every one of them. If you tell me you're using Google or Yahoo, you're sadly mistaken if you believe that's a complete list. Sites go up and get torn down just to reappears under a different address or domain name all the time. You can't possibly track them all.
A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009...The sites aren't really that relevant, it's the Rapidshare addresses of the cracked bundles they point to that count. Putting up the address of a Rapidshare package that's been taken down (they immediately remove items from their servers if someone claims copyright) is no good, because the package isn't there, no matter how many times it's linked to.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I wrote a piece of code that should be helpful for many people around here that sell software/shareware for a living. It's called crack tracker and it scans filesharing sites (rapidshare etc) for illegal downloads of your software (usually with cracks and keygens). It presents all confirmed links in a list so that you can file your DMCA complaints and have them removed http://zabkat.com/blog/14Mar09-crack-tracker.htm[^] (free) hth nikos
Please do not be offended by the reception you have received here today. Many CP members do not have English as their native language, and so it is possible that the word "free" in your post escaped their notice. So please do not think they are being ungrateful idiots. Also, please do not think they are morons, because they do not understand that the word "free" means you are not getting any money for this program. Hence, you can't afford the advertising fees charged by CodeProject. Finally, I am sure most of the people here have productive lives and jobs that keep them occupied, so that is possibly the reason why most of them have not written any shareware programs themselves, and do not appreciate your effort in making this program available to all. So please do not think they are simply useless twits when they criticize your generous offer. But on behalf of the shareware writers here, thank you.
Best wishes, Hans
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Please do not be offended by the reception you have received here today. Many CP members do not have English as their native language, and so it is possible that the word "free" in your post escaped their notice. So please do not think they are being ungrateful idiots. Also, please do not think they are morons, because they do not understand that the word "free" means you are not getting any money for this program. Hence, you can't afford the advertising fees charged by CodeProject. Finally, I am sure most of the people here have productive lives and jobs that keep them occupied, so that is possibly the reason why most of them have not written any shareware programs themselves, and do not appreciate your effort in making this program available to all. So please do not think they are simply useless twits when they criticize your generous offer. But on behalf of the shareware writers here, thank you.
Best wishes, Hans
crack tracker isn't the answer for all the piracy problems but it helps a lot and has helped me a lot with my xplorer2 I believed that other software people would take advantage of it, that's why I thought to post here (is there a better place in codeproject?) but clearly it has fallen unto deaf ears :)
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crack tracker isn't the answer for all the piracy problems but it helps a lot and has helped me a lot with my xplorer2 I believed that other software people would take advantage of it, that's why I thought to post here (is there a better place in codeproject?) but clearly it has fallen unto deaf ears :)
As a shareware author, believe me I appreciate it, and I think there are many authors here who will also tell you that, when they see your post. As for there being a better place, I would suggest also making use of the CP "Catalog" (look at the green menu bar above). There is a basic entry that is free. And, of course, there's always http://fileforum.betanews.com/browse/new?license=all&os=windows[^]
Best wishes, Hans
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As a shareware author, believe me I appreciate it, and I think there are many authors here who will also tell you that, when they see your post. As for there being a better place, I would suggest also making use of the CP "Catalog" (look at the green menu bar above). There is a basic entry that is free. And, of course, there's always http://fileforum.betanews.com/browse/new?license=all&os=windows[^]
Best wishes, Hans