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TS copy-protection can already be broken (ever heard of SafeSoft?) and yet
Omega is still in business. If there really was a demand for a broken copy
of TS that could be used without a dongle, then this copy would already be
available and, by the logic of the copy-protection defenders, Omega would be
killed.
Hey! Maybe that's why the stock price dropped so much! I better phone my
friend in Hong Kong and have him send me a copy! As I've said before, my
original contention is that the kind of person/organization what would
purchase TS in the first place is not the kind to pirate it. And the kind of
person who pirates it would never have purchased it in the first place.
Blaine Mathieu
Turning Point Trading Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Augustine <RonAug@xxxxxxxx>
To: Gerrit.Jacobsen@xxxxxxxxxxx <Gerrit.Jacobsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: Security answer: Client code compiled into Software
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>Conceptually, it might work in a near-perfect world, but not in the real
>world-- (in my opinion).
>
>If I understand your concept, it relies on a registration number that could
>be traced back to the original purchaser. Since the majority of people who
>attempt day-trading generally blow out long before having a chance to learn
>the ropes-- many copies of TS would be floating around and available to be
>purchased. Any one copy could be used to duplicate many copies of TS using
>cheaply reproduced CDs.
>
>It wouldn't be worth Omega's time to go after one offending party (unless
>maybe he was George Soros :) in attempt to recover damages from the pirated
>set of CDs. Any scheme that takes control of the software out of Omega's
>hands leaves them vulnerable to become a victim of piracy hackers and
>potentially could bring them down.
>
>In another scenario, someone could purchase a copy of TS under a bogus name
>directly from Omega-- clone it in Hong Kong the next day and the horse
would
>be out of the barn for good.
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