Asim 0 Posted April 26, 2003 don't know about ppl outside Pakistan but in Pakistan when we need a software we go to the market there, we see many CD's packed in a transparent polythene paper. The contents of these CD's ar just softwares, pirated softwares that costs thousands of $$$ when you actually purchase them. We buy one CD that costs 25-50 Pak Rs. and there are more then 50 softwares in it. Even then we drop these CD's by commenting "there aren't much softwares in it" These CD's actually come from Malaysia and the cracks for softwares are mostly from Russia, UAE and Malaysia. The Foreign Organizations have been forcing the Pakistani Government to ban all pirated softwares so that they can take control of the Pakistani market with their softwares. The Rainbow center in Karachi, one of the most active participants in making pirated CD's, was closed some months ago because they were making pirated, illegal copies of the Windows OS owned by Microsoft. The rumours are in the air that the Pakistani CD market will be closed in less then 2 months and we will no longer be able to purchase the CDs like Microsoft Windows XP 2002 for 30 Rs or so whose actual cost is around 75,000 Rs. I pray that this time will never come but I have made a back-up of some of the best softwares in market so that I may not regret it later. Asim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waqas 48 Posted April 26, 2003 Oh No !! Asim then how can i purchase a pirated CD ? I have to take Loan from Bank to Purchase CD like XP WiseGuy :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ariba 0 Posted April 27, 2003 Salam its really very bad.but if u deeply consider the matter,i think i is not so easy to do so.am i right?pakistani r vey clever,cunning nnnn ....ahem.i dont want to use anything more coz i love all pakistani :D .for instance u can see that govt. tried to ban net to phone compinies.but they r working in pakistan very successfuly.i hope it ll not happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asim 0 Posted July 10, 2003 yes u might be right. because its been more then 2 months since I posted this topic and nothing happened. The only thing that is effected are the English MP3 and Videos. I rarely see a CD in the market because they say they are not being pirated/import Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ariba 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Salam yes Asim.it was just a guess.;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mansoor 0 Posted August 18, 2003 I think Pirated softwares are prooving very benificial for a debelopin country like Pakistan :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waqas 48 Posted August 18, 2003 You are right Mansoor but its not in the favour of software developers in Pakistan too Waqas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
munnibhai 0 Posted August 21, 2003 well, pakistani qom ka to sab ko pata hi hay , wo to gene ki copy bana leti hay (specially khan bhai) , to pirated cd kia meslaa hay? wesay bhi ye meslaa 6 months purana hay k illegel cds band karo :D , Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asim 0 Posted February 7, 2004 The rainbow center.. in Karachi has stopped copying all kinds of pirated software..... The prices of the CDs have raised as our president has ensured Microsoft that they will stop all kinds of piracy in Pakistan. now the problem won't be of buying a computer but of purchasing operating systems, Microsoft Word and Antivirus softwares... I posted this topic a long time ago but now I am watching it being implemented in Pakistan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NaDaN 0 Posted February 11, 2004 Oh good Topic! welll yeah its true Pirated Cds are available everywhere! but they r working superb like Oracle how Can i ever b able to learn it toooooooooooo exppencive!.. but as Asim just mentioned that now this rule going to b implement in pak..! i worry wat will we do! I should save some OS CDs.. so my Grand Children can use them Too :P.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ariba 0 Posted March 7, 2004 Ya ya!!!! something is done. mocrosoft softwares r asking for .................. Now prizes r also raised.But only few softwares.others r working Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zubi` 0 Posted May 13, 2004 Assalam-O-Alaikum, Dear fellows I went to rainbow center yesterday i.e : (13 May 2004) , I could not found any software cd's over there not even Windows 98,Me,2000, or XP . There is a complete ban on software cd's if shopkeeper found selling pireted software cd's then he will suffer a penalty of Rs: 350,000. So now finally Rainbow Center is under observation. However English & Indian movies are openly available but those are pireted too. I still don't beieve that there is such thing as copyright in Pakistan. Allah Hafizz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waqas 48 Posted May 14, 2004 Walaikum Asalam Zubi and welcome to CooLYar Community You are right its just in rainbow center or karachi but they are openly available everywhere in Pakistan. after all Pakistan is on NO.1 to create pirated CDs Waqas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
green_coloured 0 Posted June 10, 2004 AoA To All of You!!! I just wanted to shar some of MY own feelings about this topic: Now after reading all the replies ,i think most of you are describing one side of the picture only . No one is caring about those software developers who sell their worthless ideas for nothing . If you think the technology and the ideas behind the WIN XP are just equal to 50 to 25 Rs. then you are on the wrong side. It is the legal as well as moral right of every software developer to get good money of his software. It is just like a shopkeeper who wants to sell his thing to you ,if you have money then you ppl will buy it otherwise just look and leve it .But how many of you will try to steal that thing from his shop ...? i think most of you will certainly say "No we Donn't Want to Steal it " . Similar is the case of softwares , the developers are building them and the thiefs(those who pirate the softwres) are their to steal them. And with the help of these thiefs we ppl ge the softwares. I just want to show u ppl something, which i think is not bad, is the protection of this site .The admin has changed the feature of "Right -Click button of Mouse" in order to prevent any pirated pics or some data. This is coz the owner of the site has done something wonderfully well in building this site .He has spent money as well as his time on this site and he cann't afford to lose his data through piracy and he decided to disable or change the right click command. Isn't this Mr.Asim. , This is only coz of his brillliant ideas and the hardwork that site has come up leaps and bounds during the past two years. I have seen dramatic changes in the site during these two years:Congrats to u Asim and waqas Green Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rollersloft 0 Posted September 27, 2004 (edited) Hello guys, I am in NJ, USA. I need cds from Rainbow center? Would any body interested to do it. We will work some thing out. Please e-mail me at rollersloft@yahoo.com so we can talk. Thank u Edited September 27, 2004 by rollersloft Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
