re how to the disks copy protected hmmm a possibility for the software registration conondrum would be to have the distributor register the copy when the software was sold the clerk sticks it in the store pc and asks for the buyers id later if pirated versions showed up they could be tracked to the original purchaser in addition copies which were sent to distributors stores would have a vendor reg or serial in order to track in store piracy possible additional program security schemes would be having monthly password changes which necessitate user call in and registration inconvenient taking dire legal action on anyone caught expensive encryption crc check self modifying code limited effectiveness have an independent watchdog program in the installation setup config or memory manager etc which would check the main program s crc only as effective as above methods at best have the above watchdog circulating as a virus which would trash cracked copies of the program and or the offenders hard drive risky and probably illegal certainly immoral my new ideas aren t terribly feasible to implement as presented but i thought if i threw them out people could think of variations that might be effective what is the problem with parallel port security keys i haven t used anything that had hardware key copy protection schemes so i don t know what the drawbacks are i know the companies that make them claim they re uncrackable but i ve seen cracks of autodesk d studio floating around i don t have one so don t ask and i had heard that it had parralel port keys vamilliron othello ucd edu my apologies if i rambled but vi inhibits my communication skills greatly
