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How do you discourage piracy of your software or IP?
We're reviewing/exploring anti-piracy measures for a new software product. There is a desktop and a web component. What tactics are you using to prevent/discourage piracy of your software and IP?
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Offering software without any DRM / hardware locking - negative consequences and how to avoid them
Let me be the first to play the part of Mr Obvious and state that any DRM can be broken. (I expect the usual amount of upvotes for that)
Now, what are the pros of offering a software without DRM:
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Digital Anti-Piracy System! Your opinion, comments and a few questions!
I'm starting a company that helps publishers remove their pirated digital products from the internet preventing users from downloading them for free!
I personally check and find their products ...
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How can startups protect their technology from being copied by the companies assembling it?
How can a startup protect their technology from being copied by a manufacturer? Is it just a matter of contracts and trust?
For example, Apple doesn't assemble iPads. How do they prevent their ...
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How to protect your digital assets for a server based software when your software is installed within a third party Data centre
We have developed a software which is server installable and is accessed by browser. We have just got our first large client which wants to use it, but wants to install it within their data center, ...
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Is there a way to protect my software EXTENSION of an Adobe design product from piracy?
What we are doing at the moment is asking companies how many users they have on site and charging them per user, and then emailing them the extension.
The problem is that there is currently nothing ...
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Does uploading music files from the hard disk of a user to a music player app illegal?
I was just thinking of building a web app(for learning purposes) that would let users upload their music files on to a server and then create playlists that could be heard from anywhere in the world ...
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Seed fake app downloads to prevent piracy? [closed]
Is it a good idea to seed fake Android .apk downloads on free file hoster sites like Rapidshare and torrents to prevent piracy?
My idea is to put a link of the app to the Android store in it, so the ...
