Shrewdly assessing my clothing and manner, the vendor spoke to me in English. I laughed and asked him whose guarantee the disk carried. He sounded offended. I am here every Thursday, without fail, and if I am not, my brother is. Copies of computer software and music CDs are for sale all over the world.
Buyers sometimes get a phenomenal, although illegal, deal.
Many buyers, however, get faulty copies. They were ahead of their time. Beside the fact that there is no recourse if the software contains glitches and no support if the user runs into problems, there is a strong possibility that encryption and copy protection in the original disks and CD's will create crashes and protection faults or corrupt the user's hard drive. While I have no proof, I believe there is also a strong possibility that some clown will include one of those ego-enhancing viruses created by talented hackers with nothing better to do. I would feel safer rollerblading in Los Angeles traffic while making obscene gestures at the automobile drivers.