On Sep 15, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Robert Woodhead wrote:
The simple truth is "Thieves don't buy", if they can't steal it,
they won't use it. So all copy protection does is annoy your
legitimate users, the ones that might send you some money.
Copy protection is only effective against the casual pirate.
If they can find (or are given) a crack *most* individuals will use
it. If they cannot find a crack or serial number for software they
like, and do not want to pay the asking price, they will look for and
evaluate similar software which is cheaper.
For example:
If userLikesSoftware Then
If crackFound Or validSerialNumberFound Then
Return "95% chance that user will use crack instead of buy
software"
Elseif experiencedHacker Then
Return "New crack distributed... expect fewer sales."
Else
If (askingPrice > userWillingToPay) Then
While userFindsSimilarSoftware
If similarFeaturesInOtherSoftware And (otherSoftwarePrice
< askingPrice) Then
Return "Lost sale to a competing software package."
End If
Wend
If (askingPrice > userWillingToPayReevaluated) Then
Return "User gives up for now."
End If
End If
End If
End If
// If the user got this far then...
Return "NEW SALE!"
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