Unfortunately that may discourage only a small percentage of users from using prated versions...and perhaps the casual friend-to-friend "donation" scenario...because rest assured this new protection will be cracked by the Pirates of the Caribbean! Arrggghhh matey!
Makes you wonder if it's worth the effort...but I'm sure they've crunched the numbers... Stace -----Original Message----- From: Chris Montgomery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:11 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: Macromedia Updates Contribute http://news.com.com/2100-1012-1026181.html?part=dtx&tag=nhl Some snippets from the article: "Macromedia plans to update its light-duty Web publishing application, adding support for the Mac operating system and integrating controversial antipiracy technology." ... "The new version will be the first Macromedia product to use "product activation," an increasingly common antipiracy technique in which the installation process for a piece of software ties that copy to a particular PC configuration." ... "Erik Larson, senior product manager for Macromedia, said activation technology in Contribute 2 will be based on software by Macrovision, the same company that supplied Intuit. But Macromedia's version will be heavily customized to allow for installation on two PCs and to be forgiving of hardware changes. Larson said use of product activation in other Macromedia products will be guided by comments from Contribute owners. "We wanted to get a wide range of feedback about activation," he said. Contribute "spans two sets of customers, so we thought it would be a good example." " Interesting... -- Chris Montgomery Airtight Web Services http://www.airtightweb.com Web Development, Web Project Management, Software Sales 210-490-2415 AIM: Airtightweb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
