Heads up: pirated copies of plugins on sale

[tomekslesicki]

I know we all struggle with piracy, but these guys are actually selling pirated copies of plugins: https://pluginsboutique.com/ Thre are three other websites listed in the footer, they all sell the same stuff. Seems to come straight from the heart of Audioz. I don't know how many of you are affected.

[David Healey]

@tomekslesicki I see this kind of thing quite often, some of them actually advertise on Facebook and even when I report it they don't get taken down.

[tomekslesicki]

@David-Healey ah, so they run ads, too, how cool!

[Felix W]

@David-Healey It's useless; piracy can never be eradicated. It exists everywhere. The only thing we can do is raise users' awareness of using legitimate software.

[David Healey]

@Felix-W said in Heads up: pirated copies of plugins on sale:

piracy can never be eradicated

Sure it can - have you noticed it's impossible to pirate HISE ;)

[Felix W]

@David-Healey I cannot refute this.

[Christoph Hart]

I'm pretty sure HISE has shown up at some point on Audioz.net with a rapidshare download link. Fun times back then, no looming AI apocalypse, just good ol' copyright theft by script kiddies.