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Fact is...
Fact is that no matter what is done to control piracy, it won't be. Anything one man (or a team of men) can create can be defeated by one man or a team.

Copy protection schemes rarely last over 90 days, then they are either BORE attacked or otherwise slipped past the producer's control.

I personally do not like being considered a damn pirate by a company (reference here to Microsoft and other companies who feel they have the right to control what hardware you install their programs on, for how many installs and then don't take into account the possibility that one of the machines it was installed on has died and been replaced. One word of warning: Do NOT buy anything from WildTangent. You will not be permitted to install (or reinstall) the program over 4 times. Anything more and you're considered a pirate.
Posted by: Raymond Danner   Posted on: 11/23/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This is a Dark day  Mectron | 11/23/07
How would you punish those who break the law?  NonZealot | 11/23/07
Answering one wrong with another is just wrong.  Raymond Danner | 11/23/07
True...  BlazingEagle | 11/26/07
Judging by some media/software companies, reward them with low prices?  HypnoToad72 | 11/24/07
Foolish!  DarbyOhara | 11/26/07
Show me . . .  JLHenry | 11/26/07
There's a good deal ! Not so bad  PhilippeV | 11/26/07
monitoring only the illegal downloads???  invmgr@... | 11/27/07
Wrong.  PhilippeV | 11/26/07
you're crazy...  jmelnik | 11/27/07
What  Boot_Agnostic | 11/23/07
Fact is...  Raymond Danner | 11/23/07
Yipes  HypnoToad72 | 11/24/07
Hardware dongle?  Boot_Agnostic | 11/26/07
Actually  DarbyOhara | 11/26/07
Dongles ...  KBall1 | 11/26/07
Why in heaven's name . . .  JLHenry | 11/26/07
Short memory  SteveMak | 11/24/07
Point Missing  DarbyOhara | 11/26/07
Maybe its time to license internet users  mrjonno | 11/24/07
becuase..  ivanotter | 11/26/07
You miss the point  PhilippeV | 11/26/07
here here!  ttocsmij | 11/27/07
License  prikkebeen | 11/28/07
Is France getting the same sweet deals the pirates in China is getting?  HypnoToad72 | 11/24/07
Discounted Prices To China  KBall1 | 11/26/07
What crap!  perversion2003@... | 11/25/07
Why have you put 'illegal' in quotes?  mrjonno | 11/26/07
Presumed theft by virtue of BW ulitzation  Altotus | 11/26/07
The Source  KBall1 | 11/26/07
High Prices = High Piracy  KBall1 | 11/26/07
"artists' backs"? That is crap.  NeverLift | 11/26/07
10%  Altotus | 11/26/07
So, Stealing Small Is Okay  Regulator1956 | 11/26/07
you missed his point.  ivanotter | 11/26/07
Actual prices!  PhilippeV | 11/26/07
Link to prior essay on the topic  NeverLift | 11/26/07
RE: France set to cut Web access for music, film pirates  seaturtel@... | 11/26/07
about how much artists get paid  jeremy.young1@... | 11/26/07
RE: France set to cut Web access for music, film pirates  jheffner@... | 11/26/07
Buy USED  stchrispy | 11/26/07
RE: France set to cut Web access for music, film pirates  John_Doe69 | 11/26/07
What defines pirating?  John Musbach | 11/26/07
exactly-- and they won't because they can't...  jmelnik | 11/27/07
oy!  ttocsmij | 11/27/07
It starts to show that  hkommedal | 11/27/07

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