| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 18 Aug 2000 at 16:36:03 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
Alan Buxey said,
>> 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.
> which is okay...until
> 1) your Psion breaks and you want to run it on your new psion
This was covered days ago Alan.
> 2) you just want to run the software on another psion...you have the right
> to run that software once, and not concurrently, on any Psion you can
> access, correct?
Wrong. The licence for such software is naturally for use on a single
machine, not for a single user.
> 3) noones bothered hacking this protection...you can bet that someday
> someone will.
Like they'll hack PGP? It's a private/public key system, where the
private key is coded into the hardware.
> Serial-encoded machines is nice though...if not only for protection from
> thieves!!
How does it do that? A thief could still use the machine. It's the
password protection that prevents your data falling into the hands of
thieves.
Neil
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