Path: utzoo!yunexus!xrtll!mark From: mark@xrtll.UUCP (Mark Vange) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Software Sales Strategies vs. Piracy Message-ID: <345@xrtll.UUCP> Date: 18 Aug 89 18:12:45 GMT Article-I.D.: xrtll.345 References: <208@crash.cts.com> <21585@cos.com> Organization: Wcom, Toronto, Ont Lines: 24 In article <21585@cos.com>, andrews@cos.com (Andrew R. Scholnick) writes: > Another approach has been adopted by the Computer Club Company. > All software has an encoded, unique, serial number which is tracked by sale and > updated (if sold through a store) when the registration card arrives. There > is NO copy protection. The serial number is so the company knows who to sue if > a pirated copy is found. ... If someone is going to pirate the stuff, they will simply buy it from a store and NOT send in the registration card! > NO SOFTWARE IS SOLD FOR MORE THAN $20. No matter how fancy. The two software > products currently (Nancy, a spelling checker and Zelda, a print/merge utility) Correct me if I'm wrong - and I don't mean to belittle your work - but there are widely different documentation and support requirements between different types of software. 'small' utilities can certainly be created and marketed for much less than Word Processors or Games, but, if the product were 'marketted' to it's full potential, you would be heaving much higher costs. I'd like to see how your approach works when your product line expands from supporting software to applications. -- Mark Vange Phone Death Threats to: PAS Systems - "Plain and Simple" (416) 730-1352 mark@xrtll 8 Everingham Ct. North York "Every absurdity has a champion Ont, Canada M2M 2J5 to defend it." - Oliver Goldsmith