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From: hoo@engr.ucf.edu (Hooman Shakouri)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Any piracy statistics in the US ??
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.163356.11218@osceola.cs.ucf.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 91 16:33:56 GMT
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In article <292@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp> will@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp (will) writes:
>
>	Getting in on this a little late.  But isn't it possible to program
>	your software to read the serial numbers on the say (CPU and/or FPU)
>	before the software will function.  Then all you need to do is require
>	the purchaser to do is give his/her serial numbers when purchasing the
>	software and everyones happy.  They have their software and you have
>	a package that is non-copyable to other machines.
>
>	Of course, maybe the idea is stupid.
>
>
>						Will......


 Actually, there are several companies who are doing that...
 TMA and MicroSim are two of the companies that I know they ask for
 the CPU number before they send you the software.  We did purchase
 from both companies, and what you get is what they say.  The softwares
 only work on the specified machine and noother machine.  Of course, if
 you need to use the package on another machine in the same premises,
 they can arrange the tape to be readable for both machines.  They only
 charge an extra fee to that.  The softwares are extremely expensive,
 and asking two separate tapes for two different machine, is going to 
 cost you a lot of money...

 hooman
 
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