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Anyone use a good product for protecting software from piracy?

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I can see some old questions on this topic but I am sure there must be some newer and better solutions around.

Appreciate any help. Thanks
Nov 28 '10 #1
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John Browne
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Hardware keys (aka dongles) range from simple and easy to crack to impossible to crack. CodeMeter from Wibu-Systems (www.wibu.us) has survived multiple public cracking contests--just last week another contest in China with a $15000 prize went without a winner. Since you have to buy the dongle it's not suitable for every problem but for high $ software you can't beat it.

Software anti-piracy systems typically either are relatively easy to crack (by patching OS dlls) or place significant burdens on the end-user. A difficult choice to make.
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