From: "Robert G Lewis" 

That makes sense. I was seeing Rich's comments and not comprehending your
original message ( or from another thread I CAN be an Idiot ).

Which brings this to mind - If someone is using software they are not
licensed for and the net get hammered would they be liable for damages ?

Bob Lewis

"Geo."  wrote in message
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> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:3e3809af$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> >>Perhaps Geo is mixing up product activation with Copy Protection ? Both
> are designed to prevent illegal copies of the products from being used.<<
>
> You can't have any copy protection in a downloadable iso. The idea is all
> the exploitable installs of the product that are on the internet need to
be
> patched, regardless of if they are pirated or not.
>
> If you only allow patches for legal copies and there are lots of illegal
> copies then you accomplish nothing, the internet still gets hammered
because
> of exploits of your software and you still get blamed for causing the
> problem.
>
> Geo.
>
>

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