The point is to not let users give out the code to their friends so that the software can be pirated off the server.
I realize that there is nothing to stop them from giving the software to their friends :). To bad the software isn't opensoure,or I wouldn't have this problem.
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Yeah, but a token thats valid for only a limited period of time
would prevent the token from spreading too far. Even if you have
a one-time use token there's nothing keeing someone
from copying the file they downloaded to a friend
(or sharing it with gnutella, or putting in on another website
as a free download, etc...). So any "piracy control" that works
by limiting downloads in inherently flawed.
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