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Article #5352Re: Shareware "Piracy" (was Re: Cracking games)
From: Antony Hodgson
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1991 15:32
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1991 15:32
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In article <27530@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> dor@dolphin.cis.ufl.edu (A Knight in White Satin) writes: >In article <7808@uceng.UC.EDU> dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes: > >[lots of lead-in to the following statement deleted.] >->Every shareware registration form should include a field for >->identifying the registered user who influenced the new registrant's >->decision. Then the shareware author should send a kickback to >->that person. This would motivate the unpaid-consultant-pirates to >->register, as well as give *them* an incentive to pressure their >->clients to register. > >I seem to recall that PC-Write by Quicksoft has such an agreement to it. >If people register off of your >registered copy, you get some sort of kickback--I think it was $5. > Actually, it was $25. Get three other people to register and you've essentially got a legit copy for free. I think it's a great idea, and judging by the success of PC_Write, it works! Tony Hodgson ahodgson@hstbme.mit.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!ahodgson From: ahodgson@athena.mit.edu (Antony Hodgson) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Shareware "Piracy" (was Re: Cracking games) Keywords: shareware Message-ID: <1991Mar21.153234.21760@athena.mit.edu> Date: 21 Mar 91 15:32:34 GMT Article-I.D.: athena.1991Mar21.153234.21760 References: <1991Mar19.172138.4340@Solbourne.COM> <7808@uceng.UC.EDU> <27530@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Distribution: comp Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 22