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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Re: Copy Protection - a case study
Message-ID: <200@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 00:19:36 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 00:19:36 1985
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In article <343@bdaemon.UUCP> arh@bdaemon.UUCP (arh) writes:
>> 	(c) On EVERY distributed diskette, include (somewhere)
>> 	    in the code an encrypted serial number. Keep a
>> 	    record of which user has which serial number.
>
>If you sell only via direct means, this may be doable, even
>though a bit impractical.  But selling through distributors
>and retailers will obviate this scheme (if you can get the
>disribution channels to buy into this, let me know how!).
>
Since the distributors are also hurt by piracy ( unless they are the
pirates ... ), maybe they would be willing to keep track of who buys
what.
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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim