validating "per use" licensing

[Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel]

I have much experience in this area of licensing.  Since Dr. Hawkins
works for a law firm (owns the law firm?) I would assume this piece of
software is directly related to his operations... The last four digits
of a social is something that his clients are willing to give him.

Just had an awesome idea... want to prevent somebody from giving out
their license code?  Make it the same as their entire social security
number!   Unique number.... Bam!

Just my 2 cents.

SKIP

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> Dr. Hawkins wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Er... you expect that when I purchase your product I'm going to give you
>>> my
>>> social security number? I'll pass.
>>
>>
>> No, when you file bankrutpcy, you must include the last 4 as part of
>> the public record.
>
>
> If the software is targeted at people who've filed bankruptcy that may work,
> except that if they've filed for bankruptcy they're probably not in a
> position to pay for software. ;)
>
> A lot of services use last four of social as a key factor in authenticating
> over the phone.  In many cases that's the only element not easily found in
> public records.   Respectfully, any software vendor requiring that from me
> would lose a sale.
>
> What is so unusual about the market you're addressing that you need such
> severe restrictions on license protection?
>
> All software will always be stolen.  Big game companies spend literally
> millions on software security R&D, all with the hope of merely extending the
> time-to-crack by as much as 60 days.
>
> Unless there's something very unusual about your market, chances are you'll
> make more money with a simpler system that appeals to the
> fundamentally-honest majority, just as nearly every successful software
> publisher has done.
>
> Sure, you'll have stolen reg keys floating around.  Most apps do, often
> within three days of release.  But using those keys - that's a different
> story:  many keygens are tied to malware, including key loggers and such, so
> those stealing you reg codes do so at great risk.
>
> Besides, someone motivated to steal software is unlikely to ever pay for
> software anyway, so I part ways with the SPA and other orgs who count every
> stolen copy as a lost sale.  BS.
>
> Keep your eye on serving the paying customer, and risks from the relative
> few who steal will take care of themselves.
>
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