PJF opened this issue on May 11, 2001 ยท 8 posts
PJF posted Fri, 11 May 2001 at 10:05 PM
I am very pleased with Steve Cooper's announcement re the copy protection change of heart for the PPP service release. As he points out, it throws the ball back in our court a bit to help out with discouraging illegal use. With that in mind, I thought I'd make a suggestion for one way that Renderosity could help out in some small manner. Kupa's thread will soon be buried, and any discussion around it will die down soon too. That means his message will be out of sight pretty quick. So, how's about you guys add a permanent message to the top of this forum; similar to the current 'Tech Tips for Poser and Pro Pack' box up there now. It could read something along the lines of: Please support Curious Labs and the Poser community by reporting any suspected illegal use of Poser and Poser Pro Pack to legal@curiouslabs.com With the email link being active. It certainly couldn't do any harm. :-)
br0ken posted Sat, 12 May 2001 at 12:24 AM
We'd have a bunch of people reporting members they didn't like, just for the sake of being an @$$hole.
JeffH posted Sat, 12 May 2001 at 2:07 AM
Good Idea.
thip posted Sat, 12 May 2001 at 2:18 AM
Excellent idea! As for the risk that some people might report others just for the thrill of being nasty, that, IMO, is just a chance we'll all have to take. After all, Curious is taking a chance by dropping the security scheme - trust is a two-way thing.
MikeJ posted Sat, 12 May 2001 at 5:40 AM
Oh, just... Great idea there, and I see it's been done. :)
pdblake posted Sat, 12 May 2001 at 7:08 AM
CL isn't dropping it out of trust, they are dropping because so many people have said that they wouldn't buy it otherwise. I do agree with the message idea though.
PJF posted Sat, 12 May 2001 at 7:25 AM
pdblake, Curious Labs haven't announced that they are dropping the copy protection proposal altogether, just for the update to to PPP - which people won't be buying as such. Whether you see this development through cynical eyes or rose tinted specs, it is good and worthy of encouragement. It is in our interests to follow it through as best we can. Although I see the copy protection idea as misguided and a step too far, on principle, for me to go along with; I do not for a minute believe that Curious Labs are acting with cynical motivation. They are not a 'Microsoft', and they do not deserve to be painted with the same brush.
DonnyD posted Sat, 12 May 2001 at 2:29 PM
I am happy to hear that. These past two weeks alone I have reinstalled my OS and key apps several times. (ah the joys of an upgrade coupled with bad cooling and a faulty power supply :) - now if I could just get Win2k to see my sb live! correctly...) DonnyD