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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-

Where's the Hienz57 threads and support?

What has happened to the H57 support? Isn't there a gingerhienz also?

XDA has managed to drive away pretty much every developer for this phone. Most, if not all of them have moved to another forum.

defenestrado said:
XDA has managed to drive away pretty much every developer for this phone. Most, if not all of them have moved to another forum
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What he said.

defenestrado said:
XDA has managed to drive away pretty much every developer for this phone. Most, if not all of them have moved to another forum
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thats where you will find you heinz support...dfgas got banned and they removed all his threads from xda so yea....rootzwiki is where you will find your support sir!!!

Adorable username by the way OP

mod edit:
forum rules:
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Don’t use xda to advertise your product or service. Proprietors of for-pay products or services, may use xda to get feedback, provide beta access, or a free version of their product for xda users and offer support, but not to post with the intention of selling. This includes promoting sites similar/substantially similar to xda-developers.com.
Do not post press releases, announcements, links to trial software, or commercial services. Unless you’re posting an exclusive release for xda-developers.com.
encouraging members to participate in forum activities on other phone related sites is prohibited.
off-site downloads are permitted if the site is non-commercial and does not require registration.
Off-site downloads from sites requiring registration are not encouraged but may be permitted if the following conditions are met:
A) the site belongs to a member of xda-developers with at least 1500 posts and 2 years membership who actively maintains xda-developers' support thread(s) / posts, related to the download,
b) the site is a relatively small personal website without commercial advertising/links (i.e. Not a competitor forum-based site with purposes and aims similar to those of xda-developers.com.)
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add144 said:
Iron first of fury!
By the way, sageDieu, come on over to rootzwiki. Don't waste your time posting here. You're just giving into the man by posting.
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I watch both, I'm not taking sides on this. I agree with the developers on the fact that they are treated badly so I watch rootzwiki, but I'm still active at xda because there are still often noobs here and other forums than just the mesmerize that I'm active in.
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Giving into the man! Take the power back!

Just you watch.. everyone but me will leave. I'll be the only one left... and then I will apply for mod! And I'll GET IT! And then... I'll be MODERATOR OF THE MESMERIZE!
YOU SHALL RUE THE DAYYYY

Why did dfgas get banned?

He probably wanted to be recognized as a dev and apparently giving us Heinz and miui doesn't deserve that.
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It was more than just that.

add144 said:
It was more than just that.
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Do tell... I never actually got the full story.
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ok, this thread is no longer serving any purpose, so I'm closing it.

All About android.

This is for mostly for beginners (noobs) those who don't understand all the detailed explanations. This site includes all the necessary information for beginners to get started.
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Okay
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faru_khan said:
This is for mostly for beginners (noobs) those who don't understand all the detailed explanations. This site includes all the necessary information for beginners to get started.
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On Xda you are unable to post links of URL Shorteners to earn money, xda is non profit so if we cant make money, you cant

faru_khan said:
This is for mostly for beginners (noobs) those who don't understand all the detailed explanations. This site includes all the necessary information for beginners to get started.
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Using pay per click links is not allowed on XDA:
13. Advertising and Income Generation
Commercial advertising, advertising referral links, pay-per-click links and other income generating methods are forbidden. Do not use XDA-Developers as a means to make money.
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XDA The Cheater: Making Money from our Hardwork

Hello everybody today I want share something with you.
Don't you think how hard a developer works to create an app or a mod. How much efforts and time they put in their work. But the only source of money for them is donations. And could think how much donations they get, barely to buy two or three coffee. Moreover XDA do not let the developers to use <mod snip> links.
The XDA creators are getting rich and rich by showing ads on our works and they do not let us show ads. Of you do not believe you can Google XDA worth.
Hope this sends a message to take our rights.

Great Work to XDA Developers ^_^

If anyone is in development to earn money, I suggest getting a paid job Developing somewhere in that case.
And here's one of the rules members agree to when registering an account,
13. Advertising and Income Generation
Commercial advertising, advertising referral links, pay-per-click links and other income generating methods are forbidden. Do not use XDA-Developers as a means to make money.
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If that is not ok with anyone, they should not have completed their registration.
And one other note, do you maintain servers with 7 million users on them, who can register for free?
Thread closed.
Darth
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Hope this is the right place to ask this!

In wondering if there is someway an android phone could delete certain pictures that I choose that I want to be deleted after a certain date? Or maybe if it could just delete all photos after a certain date provided? Hope this makes sense. Trying to gain custody of my kid but my wife has me by the balls. Around harvest time (marijuana) she likes to get ****ed up on pills. I've grown tired of it and shee knows that if I go to court she will "blackmail" me by showing the police my harvest, before I can hide this. I want to wait until after the drying process before I go through the court system to gain custody of my son. But the problem is is she has photos of my harvest on her phone and I need them gone. I have access to her phone. I really appreciate the help..
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[email protected] said:
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Just a reminder that this site is banned here on xda. It is a warez site.

sachin n said:
Just a reminder that this site is banned here on xda. It is a warez site.
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But why? [emoji52] [emoji53]
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[email protected] said:
But why? [emoji52] [emoji53]
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Eh, Warez sites ain't allowed on xda!
Had you followed the rules while signing up? Then there you're. Read it again. Rule no. 6*
? Forum Rules
6. Do not post or request warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, then pay for it. We do not accept warez nor do we permit members to request, post, promote or describe ways in which warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained or used. This is a site of developers, i.e. the sort of people who create such software. When you cheat a software developer, you cheat us as a community.

sachin n said:
Eh, Warez sites ain't allowed on xda!
Had you followed the rules while signing up? Then there you're. Read it again. Rule no. 6*

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Ohh.. sorry
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[email protected] said:
Ohh.. sorry
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Nothing to worry, but I suggest you to edit your reply and remove the link.

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The thread got closed since it breaches the forum rules. Hacking the devices of other persons and manipulating files without their knowledge is illegal in many countries.
The Forum Rules said:
7. Do not spam, sell or trade on the forums.
You can add updates to your thread (ie new features for an app., etc), BUT only update if you are posting relevant to the topic and NOT with the sole purpose of getting the thread to the top of the page (known as "bumping") otherwise it will be considered as spam.
9. Don't get us into trouble.
Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things which will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably shouldn't do it here either. This does not mean that we agree with everything that the software piracy lobby try to impose on us. It simply means that you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with the legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users and those that write great code.
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