From: sawyer@nextek.com (Thomas J. Sawyer)
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 01:48:54 +0800
To: Vipul Ved Prakash <vipul@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Securing CDROM from piracy
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>>
>> >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.
>
>   '88888888:::888888%'   Vipul Ved Prakash        Fax : +91-11-3328849
>     '8888888::88888%'    Positive Ideas.     Internet : vipul@pobox.com

Ok, I see what your looking for now. How about tracking the number of
product registrations, either via a mail-in card or fax? I'm assuming
that since this is a product to be sold, not given away, that persons
purchasing the program would most likely take the time to fill out a
product registration card and send it in.  Since not everyone fills these
cards out, it is not a 100% accurate method, but if there were any major
discrepancies, then you would be aware of it.

Thomas J. Sawyer
sawyer@nextek.com