waynekn@techbook.com (Wayne Knapp) (06/09/91)
Since my name is being thrown around in vain, please give me a minute to
defend my position. (Don't you just hate bozos who put your name in a
subject line, intended as a insult and then scream bloody murder when
someone else posts some of their Email?) Anyway ...
There have been a lot of comments about how you can't stop piracy and the
myths that go with piracy. Anyway at Hash Enterprises with decided that
way to fight this very HUGE problem is to put the owners name, phone and
address in the program. When the program runs, a little box comes up with
this information. This has really worked much better than anything else
we have tried. Why? It is easy to break or just not pay any notice too.
Yet it works, because since we personalize the product we know who has paid
for it.
Animation:Journeyman is a product that requires support. We give free
telephone support (user pays tolls, but we don't charge for talking to us.)
We also give very low cost, sometimes free updates. In a package like Jman
that is growing and improving all the time that is important. Coupled with
the fact that we know who has paid for Jman, our copy protection works.
Sure, we get fooled, on the phone once in a while, but sooner or later we
catch on and the pirate is caught.
Piracy is problem on all machines, I don't think it is any worse or better
on the Amiga. It is a real common problem, that costs everyone. Buyers end
up paying for via higher prices and inconvience.
Wayne Knapp
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Public Access User --- Not affiliated with TECHbookskudla@jec313.its.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) (06/09/91)
waynekn@techbook.com (Wayne Knapp) writes: >Since my name is being thrown around in vain, please give me a minute to >defend my position. (Don't you just hate bozos who put your name in a >subject line, intended as a insult and then scream bloody murder when >someone else posts some of their Email?) Anyway ... Actually, if you look a little closer, I'm doing exactly the opposite; I'm trying to insult or at least offend the anal-retentive privacy fanatics who *don't* want their email posted, yet barrage me with it anyway. You lose. >There have been a lot of comments about how you can't stop piracy and the >myths that go with piracy. Anyway at Hash Enterprises with decided that >way to fight this very HUGE problem is to put the owners name, phone and >address in the program. When the program runs, a little box comes up with >this information. This has really worked much better than anything else >we have tried. Why? It is easy to break or just not pay any notice too. >Yet it works, because since we personalize the product we know who has paid >for it. Little as I respect you and as unfamiliar as I am with your product, not being a big 3D-head myself, this strikes me as a very professional way to do it. Most IBM corporate software people do it this way. Unlimited free (barring tolls) support is good too. I'm sorry I insulted you (except on the FM Towns subject). >Piracy is problem on all machines, I don't think it is any worse or better >on the Amiga. It is a real common problem, that costs everyone. Buyers end >up paying for via higher prices and inconvience. An intelligent statement. Congratulations. -- Robert Jude Kudla - Any email sent me becomes my nonexclusive property. <kudla@rpi.edu> "Oh, forgive me, Assembly'O'God! Oh Jaysus, I jest stuck the tip in, oh ma god...."
sl87m@cc.usu.edu (The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Ensemble) (06/10/91)
In article <1991Jun8.190618.19857@techbook.com>, waynekn@techbook.com (Wayne Knapp) writes: > Since my name is being thrown around in vain, please give me a minute to > defend my position. (Don't you just hate bozos who put your name in a > subject line, intended as a insult and then scream bloody murder when > someone else posts some of their Email?) Anyway ... > > There have been a lot of comments about how you can't stop piracy and the > myths that go with piracy. Anyway at Hash Enterprises with decided that > way to fight this very HUGE problem is to put the owners name, phone and > address in the program. When the program runs, a little box comes up with > this information. This has really worked much better than anything else > we have tried. Why? It is easy to break or just not pay any notice too. > Yet it works, because since we personalize the product we know who has paid > for it. That's what we do for our medical software, not that there's a huge piracy market for DNA content software :-) tzm