Re: Securing CDROM from piracy

[Vipul Ved Prakash <vipul@pobox.com>]

> 
> >Is there any way of making
> >sure that the guy doesnt pull a fast on on us? Can we ensure that he cannot
> >duplicate the thing and start selling it without sharing the profit.
> 
> Well, I suppose you could get it copyrighted before you hand it over for
> distribution.  I'd also put my logo and other info somewhere in the code,
> such as an "About" box.  They would have a hard time saying it wasn't
> yours.
> 
You are missing the point. Lets say a firm X is marketing my product. Now if
they sell 500,000 copies and tell me that they have sold only 100,000, I have
no way of figuring out. 


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