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Re: (OT)Carrots Vs. Sticks in Copy Protection

You must be talking about ***** ****** V5 that came out not too long ago
without OSX support. I wonder how many copies they sold.

Yong


on 7/31/02 12:52 AM, Matt Judy at email@hidden wrote:

> Or, you can implement a complete pain-in-the-ass for a registration
> system, and have the most abysmal customer support... and still manage
> to make your app the de facto standard for page layout and publishing
> on the Mac. :D
>
> --Matt Judy
>
>
> On Sunday, July 28, 2002, at 10:36 PM, Steven W. Schuldt wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Interesting thread all of this Spy Vs. Spy hackery, but I thought the
>> best strategy I'd heard recently was the one taken by Propellerheads,
>> makers of some of the world's most desirable cracking targets. They
>> use their e-registration process as a ticket to the energy of the
>> larger community using the software. Reg gets you lots of ongoing
>> access to extras, upgrades, support, chat boards and on and on. There
>> are Reason 2.0 cracks floating around, but what cheap chump would
>> really want one?
>>
>> Rather than playing ever more labyrinthine games with license
>> strings, why not devise really strong ongoing support strategies that
>> add genuine value after the sale for legitimate customers? You might
>> even grow a little loyalty and enthusiasm out of this as frankly, if
>> you're doing anything worthwhile, your competition is going to be much
>> more dangerous to you in the long run than any bunch of low-integrity
>> warez grubbers.
>>
>> Not right for every piece of software, certainly, but something to
>> think about.
>>
>> - Steven
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