What Motivates Software Crackers?

Goode, Sigi; Cruise, Sam

doi:10.1007/s10551-005-4709-9

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“…Regulations such as the DMCA have made it illegal to circumvent these DRM and to distribute the tools that would allow an individual to bypass them (Marshall 2006). However, even with such tight regulations, it is still possible to crack any DRM available (Goode and Cruise 2006).…”

Section: The Regulation Of the Warez Scenementioning

confidence: 99%

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Welcome to the Scene

Décary‐Hétu

Morselli

Leman‐Langlois

2011

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Objectives. This article seeks to describe and understand the social organization as well as the distribution of recognition in the online community (also known as the warez scene) of hackers who illegally distribute intellectual property online. Method. The data were collected from an online index that curates a list of illegal content that was made available between 2003 and 2009. Sutherland's notion of behavior systems in crime as well as Boase and Wellman's notion of network individualism are used to theorize the social organization and the distribution of recognition in the warez scene. These were then analyzed using social network theory. Results. There is a strong correlation between the productivity of the hacking groups and the recognition they receive from their peers. These findings are limited by the lack of data on the internal operations of each hacking groups and by the aggregate nature of the network matrix. Conclusions. We find that hacking groups that make this online community generally have a very limited life span as well as low production levels. They work and compete in a very distributed and democratic community where we are unable to identify clear leaders.

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Section: The Regulation Of the Warez Scenementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Their members rarely meet in person and use aliases to keep their identities secret (Craig 2005;Goode and Cruise 2006). Their main aim is not money, but respect among other hackers in the warez scene (Craig 2005;Rehn 2003).…”

Section: The Supply Of the Warez Scenementioning

confidence: 99%

Welcome to the Scene

Décary‐Hétu

Morselli

Leman‐Langlois

2011

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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“…Research on the techniques of neutralization has since expanded beyond male-oriented delinquency to include females and a wide variety of offenses committed by both young people and adults. For example, researchers have examined the techniques of neutralizations relied on by offenders engaged in violent crime (Byers & Crider, 2002;Levi, 1981;Pogrebin, Stretesky, Unnithan, & Venor, 2006;Presser, 2003;Ray & Simons, 1987), property crime (Copes, 2003;Cromwell & Thurman, 2003;Eliason & Dodder, 1999;Klockars, 1974), drug crimes (Peretti-Watel, 2003;Priest & McGrath, 1970), sex crimes (Brooks-Gordon & Gelsthorpe, 2003;DeYoung, 1988, Durkin & Bryant, 1999Higginson, 1999;Pogrebin, Poole, & Martinez, 1992;Scully & Marolla, 1984), cybercrime (Holt & Copes, 2010;Ingram & Hinduja, 2008), and economic crime (Benson, 1985;Copes & Vieraitis, 2009, 2012Copes, Vieraitis & Jochum, 2007;Cressey, 1953;Dabney, 1995;Evans & Porche, 2005;Goode & Cruise, 2006;Greenberg, 1990;Hollinger, 1991;Jesilow, Pontell, & Geis, 1993;Klenowski, Copes, & Mullins, 2011;Thurman, St. John, & Riggs, 1984;N. L. Piquero, Tibbetts, & Blankenship, 2005;Shover, Coffey, & Sanders, 2004).…”

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Do Women and Men Differ in Their Neutralizations of Corporate Crime?

Vieraitis

Piquero

Tibbetts

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Criminal Justice Review

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Neutralization theory has commonly been used to understand the motivations of street offending, and recent studies have examined the use of neutralization techniques by corporate and white-collar offenders to account for their crimes. However, few researchers have explored whether this process is gendered. Using data from master of business administration (MBA) students, this study examines how gender influences intentions to inhibit or promote the sale of Panalba, a hypothetical pharmaceutical drug known to harm people, as well as how gender moderates the relationship between techniques of neutralization and corporate offending decisions. Results show that while there are bivariate gender differences in corporate offending decisions and in some of the techniques of neutralization, there are few gender differences in the effect of techniques of neutralization on corporate offending decisions. Directions for future research are highlighted.

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“…With just a few mouse clicks, people can download software; apply a downloaded patch to it, and start using it without payment. Vendors realized that protecting software against malicious users is a hard problem [9]. The user is in control of his machine: he has physical access to the hardware; he controls the network connectivity, etc.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Software cracking is the process of bypassing the registration and payments options on a software product to remove copyright protection safeguards or to turn a demo version of software into a fully function version without paying for it [3]. It involves the modification of software to remove or disable features which are considered undesirable by the person cracking the software, usually related to protection methods: copy protection (protection against the manipulation of software), trial/demo version, serial number, hardware key, date checks, CD check or software annoyances like nag screens and adware [9] [14]. Software cracking is a serious problem that and it possess a great danger to computer security.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%