{"id":199943,"date":"2020-08-26T14:58:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T13:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=199943"},"modified":"2020-08-26T15:01:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:01:03","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-pirate-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/why-you-shouldnt-pirate-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Shouldn\u2019t Pirate Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You come across some software that you need for work, or even just for personal personal use.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14657\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14657\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_1185179188-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_1185179188-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_1185179188-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_1185179188.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You should always pay for software.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You then see that it\u2019s \u00a3200, and think to yourself, should I pay? Or just find it for free elsewhere? You should definitely pay. And here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Its illegal <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Piracy of software, or just anyone else\u2019s data, is illegal and can result in charges from fines to real jail time (depending on the charge). The fine you could get from stealing software could be much more than the retail price of what you\u2019re avoiding buying&#8230; so you\u2019ve got to think &#8211; is it really worth it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>You could break your computer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You could literally break what you\u2019re using to run the software&#8230; think about that! Viruses and computer worms are often hidden in dodgy stolen software, varying in severity. From annoying pop ups, to ransomware, which can make you lose all files on your computer. If this is a work computer or one with sensitive data, you don\u2019t want to be downloading this stuff because you could end up in a big mess. Repair and restoration of the device isn\u2019t ever easy, and can cost a lot of money. Sometimes, you\u2019ll have to replace the computer all together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You won\u2019t get support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the software breaks or you need some help with it, you won\u2019t get support from the company. You also won\u2019t get regular updates that give you access to new software, and bug fixes. You\u2019ll recoup the money you paid through updates and support if not anything else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Someone has to pay&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, the company couldn\u2019t survive if everyone pirated their stuff; they\u2019d have no money to pay staff and pay for resources. If you\u2019re still thinking about pirating some software or data, just think about the damage you could do to your machine if not anything else&#8230; and pay the company! They\u2019ve earned it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You come across some software that you need for work, or even just for personal personal use.\u00a0 You then see that it\u2019s \u00a3200, and think to yourself, should I pay? Or just find it for free elsewhere? You should definitely pay. And here\u2019s why. Its illegal Piracy of software, or just anyone else\u2019s data, is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":23238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[71,168,1408,524,1713],"class_list":["post-199943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-tech-news","tag-technology","tag-technology-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199980,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199943\/revisions\/199980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}