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Mocenigo commented on 09 Dec 2005

Frankly, I do not believe you at all. It is VERY difficult to write a "typographical" mistake in the code so that instead of a single file a whole directory is wiped - recursively in subdirectories, even!

Furthermore, is there any reason for deleting the older preferences file for your application if a pirated serial code is entered? I see no logical motivation for that, it does not prevent *anything* (except, perhaps, to break older and maybe legally acquired versions of the software).
In my opinion, it is too evident that your intention has been to delete everything.

I find it astonishing that you are replacing the old version with a version with the *same* version number (5.0.3) - a clumsy attempt to "cover" your misbehaviour? Why are you not releasing it under a different version number? If this was REALLY a bug, fixing it would have guaranteed a different version number. By rereleasing it under the same version number I believe you are trying to "erase" the "buggy" version, not just to replace or update it...

You are perfectly aware that your behaviour could easily be defined as criminal (independently from the criminal behaviour of using pirated codes) and that in many cases you could be held liable of considerable damages (you know, as you state in your disclaimers, that some disclaimers do not hold). I see no way you can prove the opposite.

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Mocenigo commented on 06 Dec 2005

Printer Setup Repair 5.0.3 indeed erases the contents of the Preferences folder if a pirated key is used. While there is no excuse for using pirated keys, this kind of response is absolutely criminal. For example, all your mail.app preferences are lost and you suddenly do not see you mail any longer. Furthermore, simply re-creating the coounts may erase your mail by overwriting the mail directories with empty folders. The solution is to move the Library/Mail folder elsewhere, recreate the accounts, then quit Mail.app, move all the contents of the old mailboxes in the new places: at this point you do not see your mail still, and you have to rebuild all the mailboxes from withing mail.app. Then all the mail is
recovered.

This is not the correct answer to illegal copying. Deleting data from the user's disk drive without the user's consent is a criminal behaviour. There are many ways to scare the user (you can redirect to a webpage stating "Dear USERNAME, currently logged from IP NUMBER, in the area of GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
using OPERATING SYSTEM AND VERSION, pirating software is not only illegal, but also prevents further software to be written by discouraging the author, that spent considerable time and resources bla bla, please click the button down to be lead to the registration page". That should be enough to impress normal people.

From now on I won't download any program from this author. This is a pity for him/her, since recently I started purchasing a lot of legal licenses...

The low markings are then reflect an assessment of the behaviour of the software writer.

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