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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Copy Protection
Message-ID: <1857@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 90 19:55:28 GMT
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Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky
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jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes:


>The biggest drawback that I can see is when a user might sell a system.  
> 
>If the display had provided the Visa/MC number, the original owner would 
>have been at risk.  

Heck, even if it doesn't provide private information, the original owner is 
at risk if he ever sells the software!

Let's say you sell your software package that has a serial number tracable 
back to you. What if the person who buys it starts passing it around?
He figures since it's your number, nobody will trace it to him. Or if
he sells it and somone further on down the line starts passing it out.

You will be the one that the software police come looking for.

(and if the software was ever sold by you at some sort of flea market, or
yardsale, where you don't know the identity of the buyer, then you are really
out of luck as far as tracing the software to see where it started getting
pirated)


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