Merranvo
Quote: "Who...
Stop breaking my posts down word by word, Just reply "
Excuse me? I think I have a perfect right to post here in the manner I see fit! As long as Im' not using profanity or dis-respecting TGC or anybody else here for that manner. And what gives you the right to tell me how to post here? I don't tell you how to post your replies.. So please don't tell me how to post mine!!!
Besides anyway.. I use this method to clearly answer other post-replies.
Quote: "Why can't I go to Blizzard.com, enter my Activation Code and download WOW? (Well, I don't see the option), besides, this presents the issue of software stealing..."
You don't see the option huh? You must not of purchased much software online then have you? Then why do TGC use a Activation method for activating updates to DBPro then? When you purchased FPS Creator, Did you not recieve an email with a downloadable link in order to download the EA Release of FPSC? Have you tried to download from that link recently? I would almost bet if you was to try it now, That you would find that link in your email order is now expired! Why does companies like
ShareIt have a downloadable link that is only active for a certain number of hours before the link is deactivated then? Like I said man.. TGC & these other companies are not stupid here! They can easily offer any of thier software products online securly without having to worry to much about anybody stealing thier software like you mentioned above. The only way they could steal such software, Is for the customer to forward the link to a friend or other before the link expires.. And even then, They wouldn't lose much at all! Plus such companies as TGC & others also record every IP address that access's thier servers. So go figure!
Quote: "I can google "WoW activation code" and probally get 100 direct hits... if it was a small download exe I can Google "WoW download" and get mabey 20 hits. Stealing is in."
Who in the heck couldn't!! I never said that software piracy was obsolete man, Anybody can goto google or any search engine and type in a certain application and more than likely get serval hits to cracks, serials, keygens and the like. But like I said earlier too, it takes one of thier customers to do this in order for it to get out there like that. And TGC & other companies like Conitec DataSystems have a way of tracking the software back to the original customer. Piracy is a thing that will never go way, And most companies like TGC & others realize that already, And they also realize that they will more than likely have a few of thier titles out there in the software piracy realm.. In the software business like this, you can't avoid such things! You have to deal with it like everybody else does too!
Quote: "I know that there are some download sites, some even host big files, but alot of them don't really host anything of value. They mostly try to charge you to download stuff there."
Hmmmmmm... Interesting!!! You seem to be very knowledgeable of such things... It almost sounds like you visit such sites on a regular basis according to your own words stated here. Didn't you also say that hackers/pirates goto such sites? Then how would you know in such detail of these sites if you hadn't visited them yourself?
Quote: "And as rule of thumb, unknown comapanies are safer against piracy then known companies."
How would you know this? Give some details explaining this?
Quote: "This is undebatable, if many people know something exists then mabey .001% will be hackers (mabey less) so the more people that know of something the higher the chance that those are hackers/pirates."
In todays world that we live in Merranvo, Most software companies realize that they can't stop software piracy even with the most advanced protection schemes that there is. There is always going to be someone out there that will reverse-engineer almost anything!! Plus most companies like TGC & others are not to concerned with a few hackers/pirates that are out there! They actually expect this! It's the majority of people out there that they are concerned with, And the majority of the mass's don't have a clue as to how to reverse-engineer any software title.. TGC & other software companies are still going to make thier monies off of thier software products guaranteed!! So why don't you do the research, And you'll see that having a second option for others to download the 'V1' Update isn't only a convience, But it is also quite often used by the majority of software companies today!
Quote: "How did you get 5mps... evilman, I only have 1mps currently and will get stuck with dialup in a short while..."
My service provider is BrightHouse networks.. They have very solid networks, And ever since they upgrade thier servers, My connections on most well known sites like TGC & others. Have gave me between 4.5 to 5.0 mbs on a download stream. and it's great too!
Sorry to hear about you going back to dial-up again.. That suck's!
Quote: "Last I heard, shareware was a free trial..."
OMG!!! You surely should know what shareware means! An individual or small development company makes a software title. They normally host the entire software on such sites as download.com, Tucows, Shareware.org, and other shareware & download websites. The software title in question normally has a registration method for allowing the software title to be unlocked for permanate use to the end-user. a user downloads the software title and tries it out for the time-duration given. If the end-user doesn't like it, Or the end-user doesn't think it's worth the money asked for it.. then the end-user can simply delete it from thier system. If they want it.. then they pay the registration fee and recieve a serial number to unlock the application. small time developers use this method of distribution of thier software tiltes versus having them go through a publisher for retail purposes. Now you know!
Quote: "P.S. There seems to be a LOT of serial cracks out... more then I really thought... can't post sites here though."
OMG!! You do goto hacker/pirate sites then don't you!!!
And yet you say what you do about TGC not posting a downloadable link for the 'V1' update!!
Best Regards,
DoctorWho...
