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Which software copy protection methods do you feel are the best for your users?   [Edit]

Survey period: 8 May 2006 to 14 May 2006

Protecting your work from being stolen is an age old problem.

OptionVotes% 
Registration key or file27432.31
Windows Genuine Advantage type systems617.19
Online product activation23727.95
A hardware dongle12014.15
Activation questions that require access to the manual263.07
Hardware methods that write data to disks in a way CD/DVD burners can't273.18
Honesty25630.19
None17520.64
Other263.07
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (52 answers)


 
GeneralRe: "A rotating code wheel like old EA games had" Pin
Paul Watson10-May-06 1:17
sitebuilderPaul Watson10-May-06 1:17 
GeneralRe: "A rotating code wheel like old EA games had" Pin
Jim Bennett10-May-06 4:53
Jim Bennett10-May-06 4:53 
GeneralRe: "A rotating code wheel like old EA games had" Pin
Michael Dunn10-May-06 10:24
sitebuilderMichael Dunn10-May-06 10:24 
GeneralHardware methods that write data to disks in a way CD/DVD burners can't Pin
MeAndYouWith20038-May-06 9:32
MeAndYouWith20038-May-06 9:32 
GeneralFunction of cost Pin
antoncl8-May-06 4:42
antoncl8-May-06 4:42 
GeneralIn house systems for the last 6 years Pin
Colin Angus Mackay7-May-06 20:44
Colin Angus Mackay7-May-06 20:44 
GeneralRe: In house systems for the last 6 years Pin
-Dy8-May-06 2:02
-Dy8-May-06 2:02 
GeneralRe: In house systems for the last 6 years Pin
Colin Angus Mackay9-May-06 8:04
Colin Angus Mackay9-May-06 8:04 
-Dy wrote:
I've been working with Aliddin's HASP keys for about five years now; to me, they are great value for money


I suppose it is unfair to single out one company. We decided they were all a waste of money. It was going to cost us so much to buy the stuff, then some more to integrate it, then we talked to another company that was using their stuff and came to the conclusion that the support costs for the device were the killer. If it added zero to the existing support it may have been worth something.


"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

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GeneralIt depend on price... Pin
Davide Zaccanti7-May-06 19:09
Davide Zaccanti7-May-06 19:09 

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