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- From: ematias@dgp.toronto.edu (Edgar Matias)
- Subject: Re: protection == !piracy
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.174301.16064@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
- References: <1993Jan6.202441.19979@cs.cornell.edu> <C0GMst.3LB@news.udel.edu> <1ii4ndINNk43@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 22:43:01 GMT
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- I like your idea of having a semi-functional demo as a "tease" to
- buy the real product. That's how I market my Half-QWERTY one-handed
- keyboard software and it works *very* well, i.e., no complaints yet.
- The customer knows what their getting before they shell out the cash
- and as you say, the demo's spread like a virus :-). It's great
- advertising!
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- As far as Canada Post is concerned (sorry to wander off topic), it
- takes about a week to send stuff to the U.S. If the customer wants
- it "now", send it FEDEX and charge them more for shipping. BTW,
- within Canada taxes (PST+GST, or GST only) apply to the shipping
- charge as well. If you have any doubts, send me mail and we can
- exchange information.
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- As far as what to do if you find a pirated copy, the short answer
- is "Call the RCMP"; the longer answer is "I don't know".
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- Edgar
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- Edgar Matias
- Input Research Group
- University of Toronto
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- I speak for no one...
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