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From:Andy Wanless
Date:16 Aug 2000 at 01:27:27
Subject:Re: Amiga Piracy

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Gerald Mellor wrote:
>
> Who said anything about formatting a hard drive? (that was just a
> hypothetical solution, I'm not aware of any software that actually
> does this)

It's been rumoured a few times now and then, for various programs. Someone
must have done it by now.

> I don't see the harm in either the Shapeshifter or AmIRC methods. And
> I don't know how it works, a corrupted keyfile may not have the same
> effect as a known pirated one.

So there's 2 situations. A corrupted keyfile should either just cause the
program to fail when it starts, or revert to an "unregistered" state. A
pirated keyfile would either have to be known about by a later version of
the program and fail with a suitably sarcastic message, or would involve
the program contacting a server with a list of pirated keyfiles, without
you knowing about it. Do I need to point out what I think of any software
that runs off talking to a server without you knowing about it as soon as
you're online?

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