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Copy Protection (was: Re: WordPerfect Update (NOT!))

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From: Gordon Van Huizen
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 19:17
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In article <1992Jul31.194615.24025@cs.yale.edu>  
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
> 
> The contortions one has to go through to register MMa,
> especially multiple copies, are not representative of
> a good copy protection scheme which protects the program
> but doesn't hassle the user.  We have other apps that are
> copy protected that weren't nearly the hassle to register
> and use, but still can't be stolen by someone copying
> them - they just work in demo mode without a valid keyfile.
> 

Speaking as a company that is reluctantly considering copy-protecting one  
of our products, I'd like to know if end-users find any of the current  
schemes truly acceptable. We've been weighing the pros and cons of  
registering to a username or machine ID. Neither seens completely  
acceptable to us. 

What do you folks think?

Gordon


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From: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
Subject: Copy Protection (was: Re: WordPerfect Update (NOT!))
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