THE UGLY SIDE OFF PRODUCT ACTIVATION


	THE UGLY SIDE OFF PRODUCT ACTIVATION
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<SPAN class="ArticleSummary" id="ctl00_MainContent_lblSummary">When will consumers strike back?</SPAN></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailytech.com/The+Ugly+Side+of+Product+Activation/article13434.htm"><P>Software piracy is a big issue nowadays, and as a result we are now in age where DRM techniques like product activation are a reality. For some categories of software – most of <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="5824979">Microsoft’s</A> high-end software line, as well as most big-ticket <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="7143065">programs</A> – product activation is an accepted, necessary evil, and has been the status quo for some time. What was the most recent version of Photoshop, for example, to not feature some sort of activation? 6?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailytech.com/The+Ugly+Side+of+Product+Activation/article13434.htm"><P>In other markets, customers aren’t as used to such heavy-handed DRM. Look at the videogame industry: the PC versions of <A href="http://www.dailytech.com/Bioshocks+Stratospeheric+PC+Requirements/article8113.htm">BioShock</A>, <A href="http://www.dailytech.com/Mass+Effect+PC+Version+to+Phone+Home+Every+Ten+Days/article11721.htm">Mass Effect</A>, and <A href="http://www.dailytech.com/EA+Loosens+Spore+DRM+Restrictions+Promises+Further+Changes/article13014.htm">most recently Spore</A>, raised quite a stir over their well-known use of DRM. In some cases, consumer outrage <A href="http://www.dailytech.com/Electronic+Arts+Sued+Over+Spore+DRM/article13055.htm">resulted in a lawsuit</A>; in others, ill-fated calls for a boycott. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailytech.com/The+Ugly+Side+of+Product+Activation/article13434.htm"><DIV class="ArticleInfo" id="ctl00_MainContent_ArticleInfo">
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            <A href="http://www.dailytech.com/The+Ugly+Side+of+Product+Activation/article13434.htm" class="ArticleHeadline" id="ctl00_MainContent_lblHeadline">The Ugly Side of Product Activation</A>
<A href="http://www.dailytech.com/ContactStaff.aspx?id=84" class="DateStory" id="ctl00_MainContent_lblAuthorByline">Tom Corelis</A> <A href="http://www.dailytech.com/blogs/~tom" class="DateStory" id="ctl00_MainContent_lblAuthorBlog">(Blog)</A> - <SPAN class="DateStory" id="ctl00_MainContent_lblDate">November 13, 2008 1:17 PM</SPAN>
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