Although a mundane atmosphere hangs heavy in the room, it is quickly dashed as someone enters and sits down at one the machines. Popping a CD into the drive, the others leave what they are doing and crowd around to see what the cat had brought in. Well, I am merely practicing what they are preaching. G abor, and many like him, are seen as the scourge of the computer industry. Also, programs change so often that in the end it doesn't matter anymore.
T here are two main ways in which illicit software is obtained.
With the advent of the Internet, it has undoubtedly become easier to access and spread illicit software. Since many of these sites were also connected to each other by FidoNet nodes, it was possible to obtain serial numbers and programs from sites outside the immediate vicinity. H owever, this distribution network for software has come under a lot of pressure over the past few years. In the mid-nineties the BSA launched an offensive against such distribution networks of illicit software centered around BBS networks, namely those with FidoNet nodes. This action against FidoNet in Hungary is not something particular to Central and Eastern Europe, but is part of a much larger yet discreet campaign.