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Originally Posted by Redcard
That's donationware. In the history of software, it doesn't work.
What you should do is just accept that some people are going to steal your work. Instead of wasting time on people who will steal, and not pay, and thus aren't really your customer.. just put out good work. Charge up front (or provide a sample and charge for the whole) , and treat your customers like customers.
If people aren't treated like customers, and instead, are treated like criminals.. they will act like criminals.
I mean , look at it this way. I have a copy of a book I purchased on BN.. I'm reading it on my Kindle through some neat little tricks. I paid for this product on BN. Now, if you make it so the next product I buy on BN requires me to do something like type in some six digit code from some authenticator every time I read it.. I'm going to steal the product instead of buy it. I might do both. But I'll be reading the stolen version.
At the same time as I'm downloading the stolen version, pirates who NEVER WERE INTERESTED IN BEING CUSTOMERS, are doing the same. They're not stopped by DRM. The only one who is stopped by DRM are legitimate customers that gave you money.
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This I completely agree with. For example I bought a software suite(Nero), and then switched to Windows 7 less than 6 months later. They announced that my software would not work with Windows 7 and they wouldn't give me a reduced rate for the latest version that WOULD work with it. It's almost like they want me to get the pirated version.