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Piracy has plagued several different industries, extending itself from one spectrum to the other.  Did you know that piracy is effecting our industry as well?

A few months ago I thought about writing a blog entry in regards to this subject.  The curiosity was sparked while researching the various domaining tools currently available on the market.  While searching for the specific tools on google, links to torrents sites  were returned.  These links would lead you to titles such as the following:

AntsSoft.Domain.Inspect.v1.7.Beta.incl.keygen

Domain Punch Professional v1 0 102204 WinALL Incl Keymaker-CORE

Your Expired Domain Program v4.2.WinALL Cracked

I find this very interesting and this is the reason why.  I and many other domainers have written that our industry does not have enough main stream exposure.  One thing that I have learned over my years of being an Internet Entrepreneur is you can judge the popularity of an industry, product or service by taking a look at the black market.  If the black market has found the need to bootleg or pirate tools which pertain to your industry then there is indeed an audience willing to receive these items.

The fact that the domaining industry has such an audience shows me that this industry is much larger than I previously anticipated.  None of these tools which are readily available on the black market are priced more than $130.00 for a single license.  That brings me to the main point of writing this entry.  Regardless if people are pirating domaining software or not, I can say that if our industry does indeed have limited exposure this is a sign that things are definitely changing.

If the black market has started to offer the tools that we as domainers use, then we are definitely headed in the right direction.

For those that might misquote or misunderstand what I am saying, please think about this matter before you judge this topic.  I am in no way condoning piracy on any level and I feel that the legal aspect of software licensing should be taken serisouly.

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