On 5/4/05 10:47:08, Ivan Baggett wrote:

> What I hate is having to go to a website or call an activation center to
> activate the software.  What happens when the software vendors stops
> supporting the activation codes, or go out of business?  No one to call
> then.  You are stuck with useless software that you paid $$$$ for.  And
> possibly useless data, since it is stored in proprietary formats that
> need the creating program to read. 

Yes, and luckily there is a good chance that you find someone who has found
a "workaround" :)

Which is just there to illustrate how dubious this whole "anti piracy"
thing is -- making it more difficult for the ones who are not the problem,
while the ones who are always find a way around anyway. And with a very
doubtful (if not negative) net result to start with, as Abd ul-Rahman has
illustrated so eloquently.

Gerhard

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