[access-uk] Re: FW: JAWS Activation Process
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:21:50 -0000
George,
Isn't Mervyn saying two things here: 1) Re-installs shouldn't change
the number of times someone installs; and (quite the opposite): 2)
re-installs are set at 3! If you have to re-install JAWS, aren't you
doing just that???
Well, if that's the case, I won't be very impressed. Please, someone,
tell me it's not!
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Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of George Bell
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:59 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] FW: JAWS Activation Process
OK guys,
Here's the situation as stated from Mervyn Robertson of Sight & Sound in
the U.K.
George.
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From: Mervyn Robertson
Sent: 24 March 2005 11:27
To: George Bell
Subject: RE: JAWS Activation Process
George
Part of the authorisation process generates a digital fingerprint of the
user's system (called a 'locking code'). This will not change unless a
major system component is changed (motherboard, CPU, etc.). This should
mean that reinstalls do not change the status of the number of times
that the user has installed.
It should be pointed out that the number of installs is nominally set at
3 (the old authorisation disk usually had an install count of 5). This
is not a finite limit but intended to be a level beyond which 'might'
mean that copy protection has been violated or the product has been
stolen, shared with someone else, etc. We spend a lot of time discussing
different scenarios with users who want to install on more than three
machines and being flexible is part of the game.
It should also be pointed out that replacement of the authorisation disk
(because it was faulty or damaged) physically took around 10-14 days.
Now the scheme is electronic, the user can request install count resets
over the net or can give Sight & Sound a call (or the company that sold
them JAWS, who can in turn get in touch with us) and we can get install
counts reset. Much, much quicker than it ever was!
If GW Micro don't want to protect their product then that's their
business! All of the other major manufacturers are, or are in the
process of, putting some form of protection in place. Microsoft, quite
rightly, is making a huge effort to make people aware that pirating will
not be tolerated (I am getting several flyers a day!) so I don't see why
other companies should not follow suit!
Mervyn
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