| From: | Jonathan Day |
| Date: | 18 Aug 2000 at 19:23:19 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
Hi David
> A lot of suggestions re stopping piracy have involved utiltising an
internet connection
> to verify the legality of the program at startup.
>
> Now, call me funny names if you like ( I do :-)) but the last thing I want
to have to do, when I
> load up a program for a quick half hour spell or the like, is to have to
go online just so that I > can use it.
It would not have to be every time, just once every so often. Even then, it
could be activated to only verify when the user is already online. If you
are not online when it wants to verify, it could display a mesage box with
the option of 'verify later'. Of course it would only let you do this so
many times, after which it could lock you out until you do verify.
> And what about people who don't have an internet connection? It's not a
requirement is it.
Which is why I suggested a dual protection process, one for everybody which
would also mean the software could be used straight from the box without
having to wait for a keyfile, and one for those online.
> As an example, I am sometimes able to go home from work at lunchtime.
Whilst I'm there I
> often fire up Wipeout for a quick couple of laps. If I had to verify
online I would have to > connect to my ISP during the day, at the most
expensive rates, wait for the verification
> process to complete and then carry on. By which time I would probably have
to switch it all
> off and go back to work. Not my idea of fun :-(
And not a problem with my idea :-)
I think a process such as mine would be less likely to be viable with games
anyway since the manuals may not be large enough to discourage photocopying.
Jon
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