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Industrial software gets pirated too!
The old maxim that says, "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is," applies in the industrial space too. Consider that two Americans have been convicted for selling $6 million worth of counterfeit Rockwell Automation software on eBay. These are not the only ones who have been similarly convicted.
I can sympathize with the individuals who fell prey to this scam. All of them are not as obvious as "Help me get these $60 million petrodollars out of my mattress in Nigeria." Lots of industrial stuff changes hands on eBay, particularly old control hardware and software. (For purposes of full disclosure, I admit that I personally fell victim to an eBay scam losing around $500 on used pipe organ parts. It wasn't that far fetched a deal on the surface.) Well meaning purchasers can get stuck. Let the eBuyer beware!
Industrial software gets pirated too!
July 2, 2007
The old maxim that says, "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is," applies in the industrial space too. Consider that two Americans have been convicted for selling $6 million worth of counterfeit Rockwell Automation software on eBay. These are not the only ones who have been similarly convicted.I can sympathize with the individuals who fell prey to this scam. All of them are not as obvious as "Help me get these $60 million petrodollars out of my mattress in Nigeria." Lots of industrial stuff changes hands on eBay, particularly old control hardware and software. (For purposes of full disclosure, I admit that I personally fell victim to an eBay scam losing around $500 on used pipe organ parts. It wasn't that far fetched a deal on the surface.) Well meaning purchasers can get stuck. Let the eBuyer beware!
Posted by Peter Welander on July 2, 2007 | Comments (0)
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