Local Software Piracy (Otigba Boys) - The Way Forward

So much geekspeak and too little common sense applied

otigba boys do not know how to crack software. they don't need to. As Oyb said, all they have to do is burn copies of downloaded warez.

Most programs you Nigerians will write will fall far beneath the radar of the known warez groups, talkless of the otigba boys.

man y big corporations have invested millions to find a way to curb piracy. all have failed. Encryption on console games and systems have been cracked with ease. Windows Vista and mac leopard have been ripped to shreds.

You guys have far too much time on your hands.

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This is a very interesting thread, i have been complaining pieces about the quality of nigerian-made softwares - i am sure our ppl have better skills - hopefully we will start seeing world-class softwares soonest.
And I think, we even need to review what is called software with regards to 9ja made programs.

@Kazey, you have offered the best dissection of piracy vs antipiracy I have heard in a long time. Thanks

Nothing is hack proof; it might take a lifetime or a supercomputer to crack the code. Even RSA is crackable and I'm not spewing garbage,

BUT you can make it difficult to pirate by having the authentication verified by a third party (some guy already said this). Keep in mind that even this method is only as strong as the public key. Knowing some things about the public key, you can reverse engineer it. Do you think “big brother” just higher those wizards for nothing? Notwithstanding, Otigba boys or Nigerian govt in general don't have the computational power to crack something as strong as RSA.

Usually if you come up with a protection mechanism, “big brother” will take a stab at it to let you how good it is. Countries fall due to their code being cracked. That’s all I can say…

Assuming you have something that truly works, you would turn into a billionaire overnight if your right are protected because whatever you have can be used to protect CDs and movies. You could end up getting a cut of every CD and movie sold. Let me know if you want to know more about protecting your rights in the US and/or PCT.

To the general Programming world, I have been into the hacking world for some time now,all your security is nothing to the hacking community. The most secured system is the system that doesn't exist at all,am not trying to discourage you but i will like you to learn from your big brother Microsoft and others,piracy has come to stay so far we cannot delete it from the dictionary.

 isn't it amazing that otigba boys are finally getting some attention?

OTIGBA 4 LIFE

What ever goes around comes around. I don't pirate cos I'm a software developer myself and no one pirates my softwares. They are online services though. I bought Adobe CS3 Web premium for N150,000, that's more than the cost of my laptop and am proud I can associate with Adobe and become a certified partner. My point is "Integrity has its values". The funny thing is that people here in Nigeria dont know the cost of software development and what goes into it. A single core MSSQL costs $21,000, that's N3.6m in naira, for your dual core, that'll be N7.2m, but think of it, how come serious business organizations don't opt for mysql which is free?

Opensource is good but when it comes to critical enterprise apps, there's nobody to hold if your system goes down while using opensource. Even google that shouts opensource charges heavily if you plan using their google maps for real heavy work cos it cost money to deliver good at that extent. Quality costs money!

What you can do is what Canopus did to Edius 4: Make a USB dongle, your software wont run till a dongle is plugged. Even while running, major part of your computations and processes are stored on the dongle.

Ayobase, you need to appreciate the sleeplessness and sleepless nights of an average programmer.  Let's stop pirating s/w so we dont pay for it VERY HARD.

Kazuya M, ,  nawa o!
But Not all that gliters is GOLD!

A friend once told me:  'If I spend months, or years on my software, and someone pirates it without a dime or a kobo to me, all in the name of copy-copy, O 'boy I will format that hard disk without him knowing it.'

So who pays for what?  Not all programs look genuine on the net.  If you continue to pirate software, and do not stop, you'll pay for it one way or the other.

I can act as my friend would act.  I could be forced to identify where my software is being run, and attack if it is not genuine registration, or due payment for it.  We should discourage software piracy, and acknowledge the effort of the diligent programmers.  Pay for programs we run unless the programmer GIVES it FREE!

Well, I rest my case!