G
Gott
I know that software piracy is an important issue to Microsoft. As a
programmer it is an important issue to me as well. I am, however, cautious
about being overly or inappropriately concerned especially to the extent of
intentionally embarrassing someone who has purchased a copy of the software
from a friend. While this might give me grounds for legal action against my
customer I would refrain from embarrassing his friend and my potential new
customer by constantly reminding him that the copy he had purchased was not
purchased from me. Good sense dictates that limit my recovery effort to
asking the court to require my customer pay for the copy he had sold to is
friend. Instead of embarrassing his friend and making him not want to deal
with me in the future by displaying selfish banners and pop-ups about the
copy not being "genuine" would treat his friend as the original purchaser
instead spending my time assuring that he had all documentation, support and
updates. I would go after the original purchaser for payment and not him.
In practice I have been very successful doing this and by so doing have won
new customers on good references from of my original customer's friend. The
courts have been happy to oblige in making the original customer pay while
the customer's friend. In some cases where the original customer was
voluntarily remittent I have actually been able to give him a commission for
his "sale" and to encourage him to sell even more. Sort of like helping him
to become my Avon lady and it has worked out well. .
programmer it is an important issue to me as well. I am, however, cautious
about being overly or inappropriately concerned especially to the extent of
intentionally embarrassing someone who has purchased a copy of the software
from a friend. While this might give me grounds for legal action against my
customer I would refrain from embarrassing his friend and my potential new
customer by constantly reminding him that the copy he had purchased was not
purchased from me. Good sense dictates that limit my recovery effort to
asking the court to require my customer pay for the copy he had sold to is
friend. Instead of embarrassing his friend and making him not want to deal
with me in the future by displaying selfish banners and pop-ups about the
copy not being "genuine" would treat his friend as the original purchaser
instead spending my time assuring that he had all documentation, support and
updates. I would go after the original purchaser for payment and not him.
In practice I have been very successful doing this and by so doing have won
new customers on good references from of my original customer's friend. The
courts have been happy to oblige in making the original customer pay while
the customer's friend. In some cases where the original customer was
voluntarily remittent I have actually been able to give him a commission for
his "sale" and to encourage him to sell even more. Sort of like helping him
to become my Avon lady and it has worked out well. .