Actually, US companies have also stolen software. I will not go into details, but it has happened at a company that I worked for. One of their customers stole the software for at least a couple of years until we changed how our license key was generated. Lloyd
----- Original Message ----- > From: Phil Smith <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: Auditing vendor source code > > Ed Jaffe wrote: >> We once had a situation in which a foreign distributor had numerous > "off-book" customers using our software illegally. It's not clear > whether the customers actually realized they were pirating the software. In > any > case, the implementation of so-called "keys" put a stop to all > subsequent attempts at deliberate or accidental misuse (as far as we know, of > course)... > > As you note, "as far as we know". If the distributor was that > dishonest, I assume this meant that the US folks had to handle all keys? I > bet > that was fun...lots of off-hours calls! > > Yeah, the only argument I've ever heard that had any teeth was related to > them untrustworthy furriners. Though I suspect it's less that foreign > companies are less trustworthy than that American companies are more afraid > of > litigation... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
