On September 10, 2013 at 14:39, Control Remotes said...
OneRemote:
There are software publishers who make software which is substantially harder to crack than what MS and Apple produce. Why? Because those smaller companies will go out of business if they do not make money and protect their products, so I'm well aware that it can be done. If a hundred thousand people obtain something from MS or Apple illegally, it will barely make a dent in their bottom lines. So, while it is important to them, it's not the be all end all. The cost vs benefit may simply not be worth it for them to go beyond their current choices, in order to pick up what may equate to a <1% loss.
What I'm suggesting is locking software down for installation and use, not distribution. If it's locked at the point of use, it doesn't matter if it gets distributed all over the internet and Walmart gives discs away for free. You can't use it if you can't get in.
Damon
First of all, Apple doesn't have any form of copy protection at all on its operating system software... just as an aside.
I would disagree with your assessment. The reason large software companies have their stuff cracked is because it is popular. The more popular the software, the more likely it is that a clever individual will develop a method of circumventing the protection. URC does not have the massive user base that an Adobe has. If they put a "phone home" style of protection on CCP it is less likely that someone will put in the time to crack it. And keep up with the updates that make alterations to the protection scheme.
That being said, there are plenty of small software developers who have their protection schemes compromised. But the point is to make it difficult for the "casual pirater". Only a fool would believe that they could make a protection scheme that is "foolproof".
