genemans@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jan Genemans) (05/24/89)
I have a friend that does not have access to the Net who has written some programs. She normally doesn't give them any copy protection; however, a company in Europe wants the program she wrote copy protected. Would any- one know how to do this? Is there any program that will do this? If so where could I get a copy from what vendor and how much would it cost. Are there any other methods. *Please reply via e-mail.* If there is enough responses (3 or more) I will summarize. Thanks in advance. / Jan Genemans | USENET: Jan.Genemans@Dartmouth.edu \ / Engineering Dept | UUCP: ...!dartvax!mac.dartmouth.edu!Jan.Genemans \ \ U.S.M.M.A. +---------+------------------------------------------/ \ Kings Point, NY 11024 | "Live long and prosper" -Spock /
brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) (05/24/89)
In article <13611@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> genemans@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jan Genemans) writes:
<I have a friend that does not have access to the Net who has written some
<programs. She normally doesn't give them any copy protection; however, a
<company in Europe wants the program she wrote copy protected. Would any-
<one know how to do this? Is there any program that will do this? If so
<where could I get a copy from what vendor and how much would it cost. Are
<there any other methods. *Please reply via e-mail.* If there is enough
<responses (3 or more) I will summarize. Thanks in advance.
That is unfortunate, since no one here really does that anymore - even the
old die-hard, Lotus, bit-the-bullet and stopped. Hell, they even gave away
a program to remove it from 1-2-3 V2.01 (long after I had already done that).
I would suggest that she try and convince them that it is now difficult to
find a company here to copy protect the program and if she did, I suspect the
cost would make the selling price of the program too expensive.
Besides, every copy protected program has been "busted" one way or another,
making it a complete waste of time. But I suspose that you already knew that.
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ARPA/INTERNET: brown%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.eduhugo@bigtime.fidonet.org (Hugo) (05/27/89)
You can buy copy protection programs from the original PROLOK company
which nearly went under when Quaid software came onto the market in
Canada. Other options can be found in the back of PC Magazine in the
classifieds, most of which are furnished on a disk that you put your
programs on and then copy-protect the programs with a command.
Unfortunately you have to buy each disk separately since you cannot
copy them. They work but can easily be broken with programs such as
CopyWrite (Quaid). The obvious question is why would anyone bother
with the protection in this age of incompatibility. I find copy
protection to be a royal pain for us honest users and a mere temporary
inconvenience for pirates. If the program is that good, it will sell
and the documentation will sell with it. Try the mail-order markets or
the shareware options or approach a good development company if it is
that good. And copyright your program first!
Hugo
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via Big Time Television (bigtime.fidonet.org, 1:152/201)makela@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) (05/29/89)
I also believe that copy-protection is a waste of time and effort. If you REALLY believe that protection in needed, try getting information on hardware lock devices (specially ones that plug into the printer port, the whole-card- slot ones are yesterday's technology). They are reasonably usable, and they do not hinder any legal use of the program (including backups), and they are practically uncrackable. The latest Dr. Dobb's Journal had a few ads on them. Otto J. Makela (with poetic license to kill), University of Jyvaskyla InterNet: makela@tukki.jyu.fi, BitNet: MAKELA_OTTO_@FINJYU.BITNET BBS: +358 41 211 562 (V.22bis/V.22/V.21, 24h/d), Phone: +358 41 613 847 Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE