| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2000 at 23:17:08 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
On 16-Aug-00, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> G.A.Griggs said,
>
>> The only way that I can see to stamp down on piracy would be some
>> sort of web based computer fingerprint system (the computers, not
>> your fingers) meaning that a copied program could only run on another
>> computer exactly identical to the original.
>
> This is how it works with Psion software. Each machine has a unique
> serial number, which you give when registering shareware. The
> registration code you receive back only works on your machine.
Doesn't some Microsoft software read the MAC address of your ethernet
card?
Regards
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