As many
may already realise, there are lot of rogue companies online that profit from
other people's work by taking one or more freeware products and try
selling them as commercial products. This is quite commonly
done with file sharing software and DVD duplication products in particular. For example, we recently reported on how IfoEdit started protesting against commercial software providers by providing cracks to products the author found to have used its code without permission.
This
time, the author of one of the best known freeware DVD back-up tools, DVDShrink
is reporting that there are quite a lot of rogue companies out there selling DVDShrink or charging to download it, often disguised under other names such as "DVDShrink 2007" to make it stand out from the official free version. The author warns consumers to watch out for the fake versions, particularly those shown in Google ads, as one should not be charged to download or use the software. Unfortunately, anyone who has paid for DVDShrink has already been become a victim of one of these scams. Thanks to Areku for letting us know about this news:
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If you have ever payed for DVDShrink, then bad news for you: you"ve been cheated! DVDShrink was, is and (for now) will be 100% FREE! Please help us fight counterfeits and those sites that pretend to:
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION!! |
As the author of DVDShrink cannot host or directly link to its software directly due to legal issues in the US, consumers have to search around for a website that does provide it. Unfortunately, those in a rush will often try the first results they see, such as the sponsored search results and thus may end up being cheated into purchasing freeware software, without realising this. Unlike software that is only available commercially, the author also loses out each time its software is sold, since it does not get anything out of the scammers either.
Feel free to discuss about DVDShrink and other DVD duplication software on our Copy DVD Movie Forum.
Source: DVDShrink.
