Piracy

[Richard Gaskin]

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 customers, those who will not pay will 
never pay.

The level of effort used by the major software vendors (relatively 
simple reg scheme, sometimes with phone-home) is probably adequate for 
most products; beyond that, investing in security starts moving toward 
negative returns quickly.

It's usually far more profitable to put that time into feature 
development and marketing, rather than letting a group of malcontent 
Russian teenagers steer your companies priorities. :)

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  Richard Gaskin
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