Do Not Post Pirating Questions

[TechJumper]

It has become more and more of a problem lately on this message board where I am reading pirating software quesitons. IT IS ILLEGAL. Read the forum policy! In the last 4 days i have recieved 5 emails from people asking me for MY code to WinME. this is piracy, you will go to jail if caught. Food for thought for the bozoz who emailed me. For those of you who are with me, keep it up.

My sincere regards,

Michael Morelli

[RobRich]

I am in full agreement with Michael regarding this issue. For those unclear on what is questionable or objectional material, please read the Forum FAQ:

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/faq/index.html

I wish to also point out EarthWeb's "Terms of Use" policy regarding illegal activities, as indicated in the Forum FAQ:


Code of Conduct While using the Site or Site-related services, you agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and you specifically agree not to:

Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site and services;
Post or transmit any unlawful, false, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or harmful information of any kind

Post or transmit any information or software that contains a virus, worm, time bomb, Trojan horse or other harmful or disruptive component

Post or transmit materials in violation of another party's copyright or intellectual property rights

Impersonate another person or entity, or post or transmit information on behalf of someone other than yourself

Modify, adapt, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Site or software

Harvest or collect information about other users or members without their consent

Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, "data mine," or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site or the data contained thereon

Use the Site or software for any unlawful purpose. EarthWeb has no obligation to monitor the Site or Site-related services. However, you acknowledge and agree that EarthWeb has the right (but not the obligation) to monitor the Site and Site-related services and to disclose any information to any third party in order to operate the Site properly, to protect itself, its sponsors and customers, and to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests. EarthWeb reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that are unacceptable, offensive or in violation of this Agreement. EarthWeb also reserves the right to prohibit any user who, in EarthWeb's sole determination, violates the Code of Conduct (including posting third party materials without such third party's authorization) or other terms of this Agreement from using the Site and Site-related services. Such prohibition may occur without notice to the user.


Thank You,
Robert Richmond

[This message has been edited by RobRich (edited 10-23-2000).]

[GroundZero3]

maybe im blind or not reading all the post but i haven't seen any post about warez in a long time.

JaYsin

[RobRich]

Here is a couple in the past few days:

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/009238.html
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/009148.html

While this problem is not epidemic in nature, it is surfacing. Just wanted to review the policies for anyone unclear of Sysopt.com's position regarding warez, cracks, serials, etc.

Thanks,
Robert Richmond

[TechJumper]

Thanks Mr. Richmond,

I believe that this message board is one of the few that maintains order and stability, goons that post pirating questions do nothing but fracture the integrity of SysOpt, which is simply a crime. I hope seasonal posts like these help people realize the integrity, and legality issues that arise due to illegal posts.

Best,

Michael Morelli

[socalgal]

And, I invite anyone to email me (or Mntsnow) with the link to the thread solicitating for warez/piracy, posting warez, or anything else that's against SysOpt policy.

It will be dealt with. It's not allowed, PERIOD. And the person notifying us will remain anonymous.

It's also not too brilliant that an unknown-to-you person would solicit someone via email off a BBS - after all, they don't know who you really are.

[TechJumper]

Thanks Socalgal, glad to see you up and around http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif figured this would catch your attention.

Mike

[Dputiger]

I WANT FREE COPIES OF EVERYONE'S SOFTWARE!

Yeah, mail them straight to me!

While your at it, please include your driver's licenses, photo ID's, social security numbers, letters of recommendation from third grade teachers, bank account numbers, and any cute pets you have around the residence.

Oh yeah--you pay shipping.

[This message has been edited by Dputiger (edited 10-24-2000).]

[TechJumper]

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Thats all I can say

Good one,

Michael