| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2000 at 00:28:27 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
Gerald Mellor said,
> Hi Andrew, on 16-Aug-00, you wrote:
>> Well, one of the good ways is to have serial numbers, then if you
>> find any serial numbers that are pirated, release an 'update' on the
>> internet that when confronted with those numbers, is set to wipe
>> their hd at a certain date.
> Two wrongs don't make a right. That kind of piracy "deterrent" would
> never be acceptable, even if it wiped the intended hard drive.
In the UK, this is punishable by imprisonment.
> It
> would make more sense to release an update which blacklists pirated
> serial numbers, and prevents that software from working.
Or work for a while, stopping just before a crucial stage. Much more
frustrating for the pirates. Shapeshifter had a blacklisting system that
put up a strange error message when run with a pirate keyfile. The user
would then post to various newsgroups saying they get this strange error
message with the latest version, advertising to the World that hey are
using a pirate version :)
Other programs are alleged to have even more creative responses to
blacklisted keyfiles.
Neil
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