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Free Software Offers

Chris — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:31:58 +0000

Free Software Offers is a post from Chris Pirillo

http://live.pirillo.com/ – Community member Kevin found a website which promised free software, but ran into a little snafu:

I wanted a free copy of Roxio. After going through what seemed to be thousands of offer screens, never seeing an end to the night mare, I finally just closed the browser. Are these offers legitimate and if so, how the heck do you really get a free copy of Roxio?

We don’t know of any legal way that would allow you to get a free copy of Roxio.

Usually these websites are called "incentive-based" sites. If you read the terms of service on the website, you’ll notice that in order to receive the free software you need to complete several "free" offers (which usually require your credit card or banking information).

These are usually affiliate websites which are paid per new subscriber that they pass on to the advertisers. So, for each "free" offer you sign up for they make some money. Only after you have made the website owner a certain amount of money (usually double the cost of the free item) then you might receive the item advertised.

Don’t hold your breath: many of these incentive-based websites do not honor their end of the bargain.

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