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In the 80's our company (very small) received a letter from an official/whatever in the German Postal service wondering if he could arrange the purchase of arou
by hsmyers 16y ago
In the 80's our company (very small) received a letter from an official/whatever in the German Postal service wondering if he could arrange the purchase of around 5,000 manuals for our software. This came as a enormous surprise in that we had never in fact sold any of our software to any one in Germany! Instead of the predictable reaction of revenge and lawyers, we decided to cut the guy one hell of a deal. We sold him photo ready masters for the manual and a great deal on a site-wide license. There after whenever a new version came out we could count on a tidy chunk of change for the upgrade fee from a source we hadn't even know about. While the situation here is obviously different, the conclusion we came to is what I'd recommend. Calculate the cost of fighting piracy and determine if subtracting that from the cost of improving your product is worth it. We decided that it wasn't We did however pretty much make the same deal open to everyone. Most people like the idea of amnesty particularly if it costs less than the original purchase price!
- rick888 16y ago"Calculate the cost of fighting piracy and determine if subtracting that from the cost of improving your product is worth it. We decided that it wasn't We did however pretty much make the same deal open to everyone. Most people like the idea of amnesty particularly if it costs less than the original purchase price!" You were lucky in your situation. It's very possible you wouldn't have gotten any money at all. The problem is that if you don't fight piracy, it will only get worse over time. There will be more links in Google pointing to your cracked software (which potential customers may get to before hitting your site).