... floppy disk software, but not with compact discs), registration codes that can only be obtained with a telephone call to the software publisher, and a tedious ritual of looking up a randomly selected word from a certain page of the software documentation. Another more successful but usually annoying method is the use of a dongle, which is an extra piece of proprietary hardware that must be ... crime: those who are unaware that they are doing something illegal, those who knowingly make unauthorized copies of software for their own commercial gain, and those who knowingly purchase or down...

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