EmuLive Imaging Corporation

I probably shouldn't do this but I will anyhow. This particular company based in Canada (on the web) at http://www.emulive.com persued me unsuccessfully a while back (1998 sometime) after I published a document describing how to reverse engineer all of their VB serial number protections with around 1 minute of SoftICE work. Instead of learning something from this document my next e-mail contained a rather unpleasant threat from their lawyers (Cassius Linval something as I recall).

After trying unsuccessfully to resolve the situation, another more threatening document was to occupy my inbox a few days later (just think how much these little gems must cost). Another e-mail back and eventually I decided to remove the offending document from my server in the hope they would desist, I tried also pointing out to them that as I had no interest whatsoever in cracking their software for my own gains.

A few weeks past, all was calm, and then another priceless letter, this time asking me to remove the document from a server that I had no knowledge of, more threats, "you will be financially liable for all of our losses"..... I'm sure you can visualise. Naturally the fact that I had no control over said server escaped their lawyers technical competence (better sack them EmuLive and get some that at least have a passing knowledge of the Internet).

Eventually the webmaster of the other site removed the document but this didn't stop me receiving a final threat. Now EmuLive listen up really carefully :-

Take a visit to dupecheck.com and type in 'Emulive' in the CGI form and peruse the hits.

You see, your scare tactics cost probably a $1000 in letters to me and they achieved absolutely nothing, realise EmuLive that all the lamers will just visit their sites (of which they have hundreds), and they'll leech your readily packaged software complete with key generator or crack and use it that way. If you really think any significant percentage of them have enough intelligence to use SoftICE then you are sadly mistaken. If you can respond in a civilised manner addressing the real issues I raise here I'll perhaps reconsider my rather unfavourable opinion of your company and maybe we'll resolve this amicably.

In the interim, all reversers should pay a visit to EmuLive's website and download all of their soft's for free. Then crack them black and blue but don't distribute them because that will only hinder our cause.

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