Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Yes ... but is it ethical?

bitplayer opened this issue on Jan 08, 2003 ยท 67 posts


bitplayer posted Wed, 08 January 2003 at 2:59 PM

Vektor, I have a legitimate copy of P5, but was also interested in obtaining a cracked version to protect myself from the machine-dependent activation in case Curious Labs died from terminal stupidity and left me high and dry when I got a new computer. (No longer necessary because the new P5 service release disables the m-d activation code.) What I discovered is that there is not a cracked version of the program itself, but a "master key" program written by a hacker that will defeat the protection scheme that P5 was using. I surely hope that you don't plan to try to obtain such a program with the intent of using P5 without paying for it (you'd still have to get a copy of P5 from somewhere), but this brings up another important ethical issue: is the mere possession of a generic hacker tool unethical? Even if you don't use it? Even if you use it on a program that you purchased the license for? Isn't that like having a master key for every house on the block, but only using it to open up your own house?