Anthony Appleyard opened this issue on Apr 28, 2001 ยท 25 posts
Nosfiratu posted Sun, 29 April 2001 at 1:18 AM
Attached Link: http://www.curiouslabs.com
Hopefully, this will address the questions posed and ease some fears. Please note that this information is correct to the best of my knowledge. If I am wrong on any point, I will post corrected information as soon as I have it. 1) After the third time you authorize your software and call in to get a 4th auth, your registration information and serial # are checked against our registration database. We match the person with the serial number, you get your authorization, simple as that. We have repeatedly stated that our aim is not to thwart our legitimate users, and I reiterate that statement in the hopes that folks will take it to heart. 2a) Installation to desktop & laptop (or 2 desktops, or...): You would use 2 authorizations, 1 for your desktop, one for your laptop. This can be done on or offline. You would get a different Challenge and Response code for each machine since, obviously, your machines are different. 2b) Changing drive letters/removable drive bays/etc.: This should not affect your installation and should not require reauthorization. 2c) New hard drive/computer: This may cause the need for a new authorization. I am not sure what the effects of using the old hard drive as a slave are, nor am I sure what would happen if one uses a program like Drive Copy to do a byte by byte information transfer from the old to new hard drive. These are questions that I myself have outstanding so thast I can document them if need be. If the serial number has been registered 3 times already, please see #1, above. 3) Curious Labs does NOT receive ANY information about your machine whatsoever! All we get are the following: * Name * Address * Email * Pro Pack serial number * Challenge Code (generated by the installer) You know this information is being sent to us because you enter this information. No information is sent to or from Curious Labs at any time except for the registration information, which you a) know about in advance and b) must deliberately send to us. We do not check your hard drive. We have no access to your machines. Once we get the above information, we send you a Response Code, which you enter to unlock your copy of the installer. This is not a Trojan, since it does not do anything other than its stated intention, unlike something like Back Orifice. I cannot speak to any foreign legalities, as I have no idea what the laws are in different countries and am not a lawyer. I can, however, state, that Curious Labs will in no way spy on, infiltrate, etc. our users. We don't have the slightest interest in spying on our customers. Our sole aim is to control the spread of illegal copies of our software. Anthony Hernandez Curious Labs