[tesco samoa]

The problem with Locking down hardware and software is that they punish the Users... All anti-pircy techniques will be broken. Who is punished then. The people who pay for the product.

Wheels and manual look up do not work. They're a pain. And once you lose that stuff it is a pain to replace.

And who owns the Registry? The user or companies.

I like to know what is going in there so if you encrypt it I think I would skip the product.

Piracy is a problem, but is also a reality. It will happen. Do you design games for a casual user who is going to play it a few times or do you design games for the people who play them over and over. Look at those people and you will see they purchase the programs because they want that product to continue having a life.

Question I would like to ask the software companies is why do they not go after a levy like the RIAA did in Canada on all blank media that is sold. They may as well beat the Movie Companies to the punch.

Content is king. and this copyright/piracy battle is going to screw us all in the long run.

Because the Content Companies are only looking out in 'our best interests'