Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sbcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!sbcs!nclee From: nclee@sbcs.UUCP (Nai Chi Lee) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: software protection - dongles Message-ID: <354@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 11:45:44 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.354 Posted: Wed Jul 10 11:45:44 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 00:48:40 EDT References: <566@alberta.UUCP> <5100078@uiucdcsb> <89@duvel.UUCP> Organization: Computer Science Dept, SUNY@Stony Brook Lines: 20 > Protection is in the customer's advantage, because it reduces piracy, and > thus boosts package sales. This may actually lead to price reductions! > (Remember the old economics law: greater volumes; lower prices). > The economics law I rememberd is: ( supply < demand ) ==> higher-price > If you want to be really safe, then you'll have to buy more copies > OK, here is my prediction -- Week1: all softwares are copy-protected by a perfect scheme: the computer will explode if one try to do a "copy" or "diskcopy" Week2: customers panic, rush out to buy more copies as back-up; Week3: software companies double all prices (since the demand doubled) Week4: new market drops to half (due to the high prices); Week5: software companies double all prices again (since sales halved) Week6: new market drops further Week7: software prices rise further and so on and so on and so on ...