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From: mldemsey@cs.arizona.edu (Matthew L. Demsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Software piracy
Summary: to stop it...
Message-ID: <326@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 90 23:32:16 GMT
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  or at least slow it down,  SoftPC is on to a good idea with their     
installation which seems to be very CPU specific - in that a SoftPC
installed on one IIcx doesn't work on another IIcx with the exact same
hardware.  If companies were to take this a step further and make
the installer only capable of doing its job a set number of times, then
this would further deter the piracy.  Of course, piracy could just occur
with the copying of the original installtion software, but the taking of
programs off of servers or any situation of the like...

just some thoughts... 

Loki(mldemsey@caslon.cs.arizona.edu)