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This whole thing is a shame. Yes, pirating is bad, but I think targeting registration codes for hard resets is a terrible response. I hope it turns out that this is not what is being done.
If there are specific registrations that are being targeted, there are other alternatives.... like making them invalid and using false error messages after they are used (as suggested by someone before.)
Wasn't there some kind of similar uproar when the recording industry was trying to fight downloaders by putting malicious code on their PCs? I'm pretty sure the overwhelming result was a clear decision and legal consensus that this was not an activity protected by law, and it was not pursued further. Sounds kind of like this case, except the author seems to be digging his heals in rather than backing off. Maybe he's trying to wait it out, believing that the complaints will never turn into a legal battle and people will just "learn to live with it". But the short snippits we've heard from him make it seem pretty clear that his software should be avoided and he is taking a hard line on the topic.
.... I hope I'm wrong.
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