Copy protection software

I would like to use some third party software for copy protection, software
that prevents from copy paste program to another computer (not obfuscator).
I am looking for some good solution (hardware lock is not an option).
Can you reccomend me software based on your experiences?

"copy paste" *what*?

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Kevin Spencer
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"John" <John123 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

I would like to use some third party software for copy protection, software
that prevents from copy paste program to another computer (not obfuscator).
I am looking for some good solution (hardware lock is not an option).
Can you reccomend me software based on your experiences?

"copy paste" *what*?

How do you protect your program from copying (not steeling source code)?
For example, you have installed your program on users PC. And someone copy
your program to another PC without your permission. I want to prevent this
by some good software.

Thanks

John schreef:

"copy paste" *what*?

How do you protect your program from copying (not steeling source code)?
For example, you have installed your program on users PC. And someone copy
your program to another PC without your permission. I want to prevent this
by some good software.

Thanks

Try encryption software:
http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/hack...afreecrypt.htm

I found this but as yet have not used it:

http://www.spextreme.com/osp/open_license/default.aspx
(http://openlicense.tigris.org/)

They have also just released the .Net 2.0 version into alpha.

Nick


John wrote:

I would like to use some third party software for copy protection, software
that prevents from copy paste program to another computer (not obfuscator).
I am looking for some good solution (hardware lock is not an option).
Can you reccomend me software based on your experiences?

Is this software that you are writing?

If so, there is a good article, with lots of external links for more
information, on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_protection

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
We got a sick zebra a hat,
you ultimate tuna.


"John" <John123 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

"copy paste" *what*?

How do you protect your program from copying (not steeling source code)?
For example, you have installed your program on users PC. And someone copy
your program to another PC without your permission. I want to prevent this
by some good software.

Thanks

Hi John,

I think that *copying* is not a keyword in your problem.
Why do you want to protect from *copying*?
Think about how to protect your software from *running*.

The best software protecting system i know is the Steam of Valve.
Of course there are allway some exceptions, but if you
want to fight with *copying* only then you'll always lose.

with regards
Marcin

John napisa³(a):

"copy paste" *what*?

How do you protect your program from copying (not steeling source code)?
For example, you have installed your program on users PC. And someone copy
your program to another PC without your permission. I want to prevent this
by some good software.

Thanks

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Marcin Grzêbski
mgrzebski (AT) taxussi (DOT) no.com.spam.pl

I think that *copying* is not a keyword in your problem.
Why do you want to protect from *copying*?
Think about how to protect your software from *running*.

The best software protecting system i know is the Steam of Valve.
Of course there are allway some exceptions, but if you
want to fight with *copying* only then you'll always lose.

Off course, I was thinking protection from running, not copying :-)

Thanks

Off course, I was thinking protection from running, not copying :-)

Best method? Price it fairly and provide great support to those that pay so
that there isn't a need for dealing with copy protection in the first place.
;o)

We've used a product that was produced by a company that is now out of
business. It worked by setting a key on the machine based on a particular
hardware installation. It works well, but we found that people do often
upgrade their machines and would call us to get a new license. There was no
way for us to tell if it was a legitimate license or not, so we just had to
trust folks.

Also, in some ways, we might have been better off had people actually copied
our software freely. We're a niche product in a niche market and we might
have gained a lot of ground in the early years if people had actually
pirated our software more. Sounds odd, I know.

A hardware dongle actually makes the most sense to me...I don't know why
these aren't used more often. Ideally, I'd be able to install software on as
many machines/platforms as I have/want to, then I could just cary by
bluetooth dongle with me wherever I go and it would recognize me and allow
me to launch the software.

As it is now, most copy protection software is based on the MACHINE...not
the user...which is frustrating.

-Darrel

Thanks for your opinion. I agree with you.
I don't know how hardware copy protection works. Does customer needs to have
hardware device (USB or similar) in order to run? I would rather use some
software protection, as my software will not be that popular :-)

"darrel" <notreal (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote

Off course, I was thinking protection from running, not copying :-)

Best method? Price it fairly and provide great support to those that pay
so that there isn't a need for dealing with copy protection in the first
place. ;o)

We've used a product that was produced by a company that is now out of
business. It worked by setting a key on the machine based on a particular
hardware installation. It works well, but we found that people do often
upgrade their machines and would call us to get a new license. There was
no way for us to tell if it was a legitimate license or not, so we just
had to trust folks.

Also, in some ways, we might have been better off had people actually
copied our software freely. We're a niche product in a niche market and we
might have gained a lot of ground in the early years if people had
actually pirated our software more. Sounds odd, I know.

A hardware dongle actually makes the most sense to me...I don't know why
these aren't used more often. Ideally, I'd be able to install software on
as many machines/platforms as I have/want to, then I could just cary by
bluetooth dongle with me wherever I go and it would recognize me and allow
me to launch the software.

As it is now, most copy protection software is based on the MACHINE...not
the user...which is frustrating.

-Darrel