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From: minich@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (Robert Minich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Idea for painless copy protection
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.034918.6422@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu>
Date: 29 Jan 91 03:49:18 GMT
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Organization: Oklahoma State University Computer Center
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by breidenb@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Oliver Breidenbach):
| severeal people mentioned one problem, that is tracking down the offender
| when finding that someone already uses my copy.
| Actually that is very very easy. Get yourself a traffic watch program
| and you can see the peoples names, the nodes number, the serial number of
| the programm using that copy protection mode and so on. Then simply look
| for the node where your program runs, rememeber the node number and
| search for some entry telling you the name or position (whatever name you
| give in the chooser). Then all you have to do is to place a lot of flames
| on the person who stole your program.

Better yet, put in a little routine in the program to answer to copies in
a way that is visible to the legal user. I like the idea of a notification
manager dohickey that would put a nasty sicn in the apple menu so that you
could walk around and look over other's shoulders. Or maybe an audible ping
that goes off at a specified offset. Synchronise your watches and look for
the confused face! Or.... or... Just knowing a machine name or node number
may not tell you much, especially on a medium size net.
-- 
|_    /| | Robert Minich            |
|\'o.O'  | Oklahoma State University| "I'm not discouraging others from using
|=(___)= | minich@d.cs.okstate.edu  |  their power of the pen, but mine will
|   U    | - "Ackphtth"             |  continue to do the crossword."  M. Ho