| From: | Gerald Mellor |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2000 at 00:36:50 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
Hi Neil, on 16-Aug-00, you wrote:
>> 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.
Like AmIRC and its "/me is a lame software pirate" message. Although I
think the Shapeshifter thing is more stylish :)
Regards
Gerry
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