Here is a discouraging article from Network World on how easy and
popular it is to pirate software on Android.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/092910-google-android-
piracy.html?hpg1=bn
Bill Vlahos
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Hi all,
Back at the beginning of the new millennium I wrote an article
entitled Blue Beard and Captain Kidd for the original
Macinstruct.com. Following a similar theme with an article this past
week on the Runtime Revolution Newsletter, I was prompted to reprint
my earlier effort. It
The software authors who make the most money focus more time on
getting people to use their software and getting their friends to use
their software than the time they spend preventing people from using
their software.
That said, you have to profile your typical customer. If you produce
Greetings!
Has anyone come up with a decent way to deal with piracy? I'm getting ready
to release a commercial application and wondered if there is anyway to stop
someone from just giving it to a friend.
[I would like my application to function off-line. So, doing a look-up via
the web is out
On Jun 13, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Dan Friedman wrote:
Greetings!
Has anyone come up with a decent way to deal with piracy? I'm getting
ready
to release a commercial application and wondered if there is anyway to
stop
someone from just giving it to a friend.
[I would like my application
there are some schemes for generating serial numbers that
drive algorithmically off the user's name or email address. Those are
a bit more secure, probably, but they might be unnecessarily cumbersome.
Andre is of course ultimately correct; there is no foolproof way to
prevent piracy. The best you can
Dan,
There is no foolproof way.
If the price of the product warrants it, you can hardwire the user's
name/company onto the opening splash screen:
Licensed to XYZ
© 2005 by Me, all rights reserved.
Paul Looney
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I have a near perfect registering code that SoftSeven uses.
no 2 computers uses the same key
Interested reply back.
At 11:39 AM 6/13/2005, you wrote:
Greetings!
Has anyone come up with a decent way to deal with piracy? I'm getting ready
to release a commercial application and wondered
in ToolBook OpenScript some time ago, so it can
be done in a script-based language with no problem.
HTH, Bob...
Has anyone come up with a decent way to deal with piracy? I'm getting
ready to release a commercial application and wondered if there is
anyway to stop someone from just giving
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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Hi Robert et al.
I think there are two factors you must consider.
1) Price
How much are you going to charge for the app? If it's under $150, then
simple schemes should work. IMO, most people who want to rip you off,
will. What you want is to 'nudge' users from the free/demo/trial version
to
Chipp Walters wrote:
If someone wants to steal your software, they will. But making it
'harder' on paying customers, IMO, is not good business. Just my 2 cents.
Agreed wholeheartedly.
While it's essential to provide at least a level of effort that prevents
temptation of otherwise-paying
Jeffrey Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use to do the old paper passing battleship game in long boring meetings
with the newton's ir messaging with the other newton toting guy in the
company! everyone thought we were just taking good notes on a cool new
machine! at least none of us yelled
remains in any doubt, piracy, warez, and solicitations
to break the law will never be tolerated on this list. Being young is
not a crime, but actions have consequences and one of those
consequences is getting banned from public lists when you make
inappropriate statements.
I now return you to your
on Wed, 01 Jun 2005
J. Landman Gay wrote:
He likes to download free stuff, and he downloaded a
trial of Revolution after seeing it mentioned
somewhere.
Ben, here are plenty free downloable software:
http://www.theopencd.org/
I hope to find the time to learn Blender, someday.
We can
Andre Garzia wrote:
On the subject of piracy. Does anyone here remembers the Apple Newton?
Each newton had a unique ID that could not be spoofed, so the
combination of unique ID and the users own data was a good way to
generate serials, for example to register an app you'd open a webpage
Alex,
What if the computer ID was contained on a removable chip (like the GSM chips
in a cell phone)? Then, if the computer broke, or you upgraded to a new
computer, you would just move the chip.
I know, what if the chip failed? Since it would be just a single, simple
chip, failure would be
Alex-
Thursday, June 2, 2005, 6:49:31 AM, you wrote:
AT I think that's a very user-unfriendly form of registration; once I've
but that's the way Microsoft handles client licenses... oh, right, I
guess that's what you were saying...
g
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Hey, if you can figure it out, can you clue me in?
I spent about 15 very frustrated minutes with it and couldn't figure out
what to do with it!
Judy
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Alejandro Tejada wrote:
Ben, here are plenty free downloable software:
http://www.theopencd.org/
I hope to find the time
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alex,
What if the computer ID was contained on a removable chip (like the GSM chips
in a cell phone)? Then, if the computer broke, or you upgraded to a new
computer, you would just move the chip.
That would be much better.
I know, what if the chip failed? Since
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 19:54
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: About Piracy but not about the guy...
Hey, if you can figure it out, can you clue me in?
I spent about 15 very frustrated minutes with it and couldn't
figure out what to do with it!
Judy
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005
On Jun 2, 2005, at 4:11 PM, MisterX wrote:
Any other excellent 3D packages after Alejandro's Rev3D ? ;))
Lightwave 8.3?
I learned Blender. It is great for free, but pales against the polish
and features of the commercial tools.
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Yeah, possibly, or maybe I didn't. My only recollections are along the
lines of 'what the ?'
Judy
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, MisterX wrote:
Judy,
Obviously you didn't read the documentation's explanation regarding that.
Awesome GUI...
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Hi Ben,
i am very angry. If I had seen your posts earlier I would have
contacted the list moderators ASAP.
I wish that you stop spreading the word of WAREZ sites NOW! If you
think that you can do what you want on the Web I´m sure someone will
proof you wrong. Your statements are not
Sorry to hear that
don't email me again
got the message?
Ben
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Sorry to hear that
don't email me again
got the message?
Malte does not promote crime; instead he promotes its enforcement.
To fulfill your request you are welcome (and encouraged) to unsubscribe
from this list.
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Sorry to hear that
don't email me again
got the message?
Ben
Just in case you don´t know. You post everything on this list into the
public:
http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2005-June/date.html
See? And I won´t stop posting to the list to do you a favour. If you
don´t
Ben,
Yours is one of the more illogical, incoherent, disrespectful (and perhaps
downright stupid) piles of rambling rationalizations I've ever heard. Stealing
is fundamentally wrong! Advising others to steal is wrong! Richard was trying
to do you a favor, reorienting your moral compass - you
Malte,
I love your postings! I do want to read your mail.
Tom
On Jun 1, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Malte Brill wrote:
See? And I won´t stop posting to the list to do you a favour. If you
don´t want mail from me you have to unsubscribe.
Malte
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On Jun 1, 2005, at 7:51 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
To fulfill your request you are welcome (and encouraged) to
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I also invite you to unsubscribe from the list.
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Can I second this. Thank you Paul
Tom
On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ben,
Yours is one of the more illogical, incoherent, disrespectful (and
perhaps
downright stupid) piles of rambling rationalizations I've ever heard.
Stealing
is fundamentally wrong! Advising others
On Jun 1, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Malte Brill wrote:
Just in case you don´t know. You post everything on this list into the
public:
It is interesting that you mention that. I was just thinking that
those messages sure look like code to me. But I won't mention that on
a public list, because it
On the subject of piracy. Does anyone here remembers the Apple Newton?
Each newton had a unique ID that could not be spoofed, so the
combination of unique ID and the users own data was a good way to
generate serials, for example to register an app you'd open a webpage
and enter your email
Andre,
Still have my Newton. Often think what a wonderful thing a modern Newton
could be: faster processor, more memory, lion battery, full color screen (for
showing iPhoto pictures), wireless broadband, etc.
Of course, I remember HyperCard fondly as well, drive a 20 year old car, wear
30 year
On Jun 1, 2005, at 11:11 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:
the newton is/was the most amazing machine I ever used...
Gotta pop in to agree with Andre. Hand held devices are just beginning
to catch up with where the Newton was many years ago. Imagine if the
Newton were still in development.
My Palm
everything, the response to the
Newton is nearly universal:
'How kewl!!!'
For all that it is/was panned, I wonder which of the panners ever actually
used one.
Judy
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Andre Garzia wrote:
On the subject of piracy. Does anyone here remembers the Apple Newton
It is/was just so wy coool...
I mean, in the middle of a text-doc (either recognizing your handwriting,
which it did really well given that I was a secondary owner with not great
handwriting, or using its tap-screen keyboard), you can switch into 'ink'
mode (or whatever it was called) and
I was going to stay out of this one but I can't.
Steve Weyer, a good buddy of mine from Apple days (he was an ATG
deity) formed a Newton software company when he left the company. He
was one of the Newton principals and did a TON of great software for
the platform.
Not sure where he is
! at least
none of us yelled out 'you sunk my battleship'...
its now part of the old collection of the sinclair z80, kpro, basis
108, mac plus...
cheers,
Jeffrey Reynolds
On Jun 1, 2005, at 11:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On the subject of piracy. Does anyone here remembers the Apple Newton
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