New Singapore copyright laws bans home users from cracking software
New copyright laws which are set to be in effect from January 1st in Singapore will ban home users from cracking old computer games and programs. Home users will not be allowed to use any key generators and the like and anyone caught breaking the law could be hit with a fine in the region of $20,000.But the changes, scheduled to be going to affect on January 1, mean ordinary home users will be theoretically stopped from cracking old computer programs and games.
Users will be, “prohibited from using a password generator to generate access codes to play pirated video games or using software like DeCSS to make unauthorised copies of DVD movies,” says the Straits Times, going on.
Anyone caught breaking the law will face fines of up to $20,000, says the story.
However, the “visually-disabled” will be, “allowed to crack electronic books where the read-aloud function is disabled, so they can access the book’s contents”.
Basically I feel this whole thing is stupid. What's wrong with cracking softwares?
Mind you, downloading illegally and cracking are two separate matters.
My word of advice: Stay away from keygen websites such as keygen.ms once the new year starts and...
If you guys want to crack your softwares, crack it before January 1! >:)
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