If you write software or you sell software, you'll know how important it is to protect it from copying. The more useful and high-demand the software is, the higher the chances are that it will be pirated.
If you protect it, then the crackers WILL crack that protection. Then you will find unprotected copies, or serial numbers or even serial number generators going around the Internet.
In a way, it's flattering. The crackers consider your software highly enough to warrant the effort of cracking it.
However, if you make your living from software, flattery doesn't pay the bills.
So your protection system must be very strong. There really isn't any protection system that can't be cracked with the right amount of effort. But if the system is strong enough to deter the crackers, you're in with a fighting chance.
Shareware Creator is a strong protection system that can be applied to new and exisiting programs. It forms a secure wrapper around the program that lets you control its usage. You can make the software time-limited, require a registration code, lock it to run on one PC only etc.
Many commercial licencing software products cost a fortune. One very popular one has a starting price of around £1,150 (about $2,300) rising to £7,500 ($15,000).
That may be ok for the big software companies selling expensive software, but if your software package sells for £20, you'll need to sell a lot of copies just to break even.
Shareware Creator has many of the features of the big commercial protection systems, but at a very small fraction of the price.
Powerful software doesn't have to be expensive. Check it out.
