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Article #309turbotax safecast copy protection
From: Michael P.
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 02:59
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 02:59
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Once you install a program that uses C-Dilla, then decide to remove it, the only way to clean your hard disk of all remnants of C-Dilla is to perform a low-level format of the hard drive, something that hard disk manufacturers warn against doing. Then of course you have to restore everything on your hard drive. Whether or not these left over bits are of any concern is open to debate. As is the case with other copy protection products from Macrovision, the honest user is inconvenienced while the dishonest users find a way around the whole problem. The big deal is Macrovision, the maker of 'SafeCast', which is the activation method being used the TurboTax, is actively trying to sell it's activation package to other software vendors. While activation itself is easy enough, an automated phone call or almost instant internet activation, re-activation is not. If you had 20 or 30 applications on your PC and they *all* required re-activation after you replaced your PC, by calling their non-free, Monday-Friday, 8-5, wait on hold forever, "sorry our activation key server is down", "sorry we no longer support that version - you will have to upgrade your software for $xx", "sorry the company you have called is no longer in business", "we are here to help you", line; then you might think differently. Personally I would rather get a root canal.
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