... "the unlawful copying and distribution of software products). Software piracy is a unique form of counterfeiting. As opposed to the counterfeiting books or records in the "old days", counterfeited software do not degrade in quality from one generation to another. Since there is ... up with ways to bypass the various copy-protections. Such small programs called "cracks" manipulate the coding of software to deactivate the limitations imposed on the free software, while keygens involve producing authorization keys (or commonly termed "cdkeys") that would make software fully-licensed, retail ...

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