Software Deletes Files to Defend Against Piracy

Back in 2004, we discussed a program that deleted your home directory on entry of a pirated serial number. Now, a new developer is using the same method to protect his software, aptly named Display Eater. In the developers’s own words, ‘There exist several illegal cd-keys that you can use to unlock the demo program. If Display Eater detects that you are using these, it will erase something. I don’t know if this is going to become Display Eater policy.

On one side of the coin, I find this completely hilarious. I don’t exactly disagree with his actions, because if I sunk a lot of time into my application, I’d be pissed if it was pirated also. But on the other side, there has got to be some obscure law against this somewhere.

Source: Slashdot