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[Q] What constitutes warez?

What's up Techies? What I was wondering - is where the line is drawn? How do you know your are commiting the action or process with what files?
From what I gather it is the illegal distribution Of copyrighted materials. I was reading and it seemed a guy just mentioned a program and he was chastised and boom thread closed. He may have posted a link and I didn't realize - I can't find the thread again, I was just meandering about the forums....
Mr. Clown shut his arse down though... And a couple other tech peeps were like hey bro, no no...
Just Wondering.
-MyPocketWizard-

Wikipedia said:
Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar interest using a darknet. It usually does not refer to commercial software counterfeiting.
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That sums it up.

Ok. So posting a link to help someone out would be ok, so long as its not copyrighted I guess?
Appreciate it.
-MyPocketWizard-

dyliho said:
Ok. So posting a link to help someone out would be ok, so long as its not copyrighted I guess?
Appreciate it.
-MyPocketWizard-
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The way I've always looked at warez was... Is it full version, not beta or trial, and are you paying for it?
In other words, are you downloading something that you'd otherwise have to pay for in order to use?
Links to sources of that kind of material, even though it is not an actual warez item, are just as bad.
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Warez is obtaining paid software for free or circumventing ways to pay for it. Providing links to sites/materials is just as bad and won't fly here.

We all need to read the Stickies, too. This is discussed in there. I think the post you referred to was asking for Warez, which is taboo here at XDA. The history is that access to, and discussions of, Warez\Pirated software threatened to shut down XDA several years ago. Imagine what life would be like without XDA.

Warez talks (solicitating links, request, posting, discussion or any talk) by any kind in threads or PM's will be shut down

@ Everybody - Rock On and thanks. That's a big ten four. Glad I asked...
-MyPocketWizard-

[Q] can you make google store free?

what i mean, basically is i saw this guy get a paid app for free i'm google store and hr said google store is completely free. can u do that and if so how?
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If you wanna know how to steal apps from a DEV who has put in hard work to make the apps asking on a DEV forum isn't the place to do it. Please go away. Post reported.

also with or without root too plz
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hechoen said:
If you wanna know how to steal apps from a DEV who has put in hard work to make the apps asking on a DEV forum isn't the place to do it. Please go away. Post reported.
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Did you miss this?

Lol now you see this is where the Terms and Conditions comes in. When you made a Google account you abide by their rules. Now when you got your phone and entered the Play Store/Android Market the application asked you, do you accept the terms and conditions. You obviously clicked "Accept" without reading it, however you are now "attempting" to break one of the terms. In such cases that is "illegal", now let's discuss about XDA's rules.
Here is a rule that I quickly pulled out of the rules:
9. Don't get us in trouble.
Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things that will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably don't want to do it here either. This does not mean we agree with everything the software piracy lobby try to impose on us, it simply means you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users, and those that write great code.
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Now think about your actions today and face the wall.

Not only did you agree to Google's terms and conditions when you signed up with them, you also agreed to XDA's rules terms and conditions when you signed up with us.
We do NOT condone any form of theft.

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Discussion of Warez and or directions or guides on how to cheat developers out of being paid is not allowed here at XDA

What is wrong with you? Why do you want to steal the hard work of a developer? Why would you research this type of sh*t, use it, and post it? I hope you get banned from XDA and every other respectable android forum. Go crawl back in your hole!

Ques. Blackmart

Application name blackmart what is condom was gone down 1 or 3 days the server is gone down this application is very important to me please do something and say why this blackmart application is not work please developers of xda please help me i am so much depressed please do something

The discussion of these apps violates the rules on XDA as it provides cracked applications. Please have a moderator close the thread as soon as possible. Thank you for the cooperation.
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munish1 said:
Application name blackmart what is condom was gone down 1 or 3 days the server is gone down this application is very important to me please do something and say why this blackmart application is not work please developers of xda please help me i am so much depressed please do something
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Your depression might just rise when i tell you that using this app is breaching some serious laws and rules. And also, by using this app you risk for your device to be intruded cuz this app does not provide security and you might end up installing lot of malware. Either find another way or use free of charge alternatives, OR just pay for app!

Down? Who cares anyway..

OK, dude.... I just had a look at your app there....Just long enough to see download links to a bunch of paid apps....Are you stupid or something? You do realize that this site is made up of the exact same developers that you are stealing from with your app, don't you? Not to mention that posting such things is a serious violation of the Terms and Conditions you agreed to when you signed up. Needless to say, this has now been reported. Not cool, man. Not cool....[emoji107]

Use of pirated or paid apps

Hi Everyone
Good Evening
i am the new member of xda. i had heard lot about using pirated/cracked app in android. In many sites the paid apps are available for free. certain sites restricts use of such app while certain encourages.
i want to know whether it is safe to download such apps in mobile. if YES please suggest the best & safest site for such paid app.
is there any harm to my phone privacy using such paid app for free
thank you

XDA is a forum and community of developers, and here we don't discuss pirated/warez apps that cheat and steal from developers.
Is it safe? Of course it's not safe. Pretty much everybody here has rooted their devices, or is looking to. And you're asking about pirated apps? Might as well ask if it's safe to have sex with a back-alley prostitute without a condom. C'mon, man. Most paid apps only cost a few bucks at most, and if you're trying to get more gold or gems or doughnuts or whatever, rethink your priorities in life.

You need to read the site rules very carefully, http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=256
Warez are not at all allowed to be discussed here.
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