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by Ace on Tue Oct 07, 2003 at 12:02:01 PM PDT

You Like the keys. Well, I had an unused Turbo Tax purchased late last year. Intuit is now spamming me, trying to sell me more. They have not responded to the mail I sent then, nor after the latest SPAM. The activaation did not work, therefore the money I spent was for sh*t. Had I not thrown it away, I would be only to happy to send it to you, as there was no way to get a response from them to fix it.

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I'm not necessarily happy with keys[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#32)
by ajcook on Wed Dec 03, 2003 at 02:37:50 PM PDT

Read my comment carefully. I didn't say like activation keys (though, in the case of Symantec's implementation, I've not personally had any problem--technical or otherwise--it's working for me from the start).

What I said that I find the vendors' attempts at property protection to be conceptually justified.

While I haven't personally experienced technical problems with activating any of the software that I use, when that causes technical problems, or invades my privacy unnecessarily, then I agree that the vendor owes us remedy.

I'm merely saying that many people take a valid problem with technical implementation of DRM, and turn it into an emotional/angry/moral attack on DRM itself.

I disagree with that position, and wish people would confine their complaints (and call to action) on implementing a workable DRM, instead of calling for the abolition of DRM altogether

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