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Register codes are nice... but what about piracy?
I like the idea of having register codes, but I'm worried that if
just ONE gets out to alt.2600 or IRC, the entire scheme might come back
to haunt ARDI... I'm worried about piracy.
Thinking about it, could it be possible to implement some sort of
a coding scheme which could take something like a credit card number
(provided by the user), and a serial number which would ONLY work with
that card # (provided by ARDI). This would make it highly undesirable
for someone to post a code, given that they're also posting a code which
could very possibly be used against them. However, they could cancel the
card right before they post... :(
Basically, I know it's tough, but transmog files are better
anti-piracy weapons... (then again, someone could uuencode executor and
post it... aargh, but that applies to anything nowadays. I even saw what
someone claimed to be a Windows 95 beta in the /usr/hack/tmp directories
here on Netcom... I didn't try it - I'm on MSDN 2 anyway, so I'll get it
legally in March :)
I'm just getting paranoid I guess, but it seems that codes are a
lower deterrent to piracy than having two versions...
- Chad Page
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