GameShield Licensing Directory
- These valuable organizations offer
piracy reporting and critical information on how to prevent
and manage attacks from pirates and crackers.
Anti-Crack
and Crackers Organization (AC&C)
Non-profit organization devoted to stop any kind of
distribution of cracked shareware and commercial software,
stop crackers, educating against piracy, helping ISP to
avoid illegal traffic.
Business
Software Alliance (BSA)
The Business Software Alliance is the foremost organization
dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA
is the voice of the world's commercial software industry
and its hardware partners before governments and in the
international marketplace.
Canadian
Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST)
CAAST provides educational information to corporations,
consumers and resellers about software piracy and its implications.
This non-profit organization also protects the rights of
its member companies against the unauthorized sale or reproduction
of software through the support of the legal prosecution
of individuals or groups involved in this unlawful activity.
Federation
Against Software Theft (FAST)
FAST was set up in 1984 by the British Computer Society's
Copyright Committee. It was the first software copyright
organization and has raised awareness of software piracy.
FAST has since been able to influence other legislation
that impacts on the proper safeguarding of software.
Software
& Information Industry Association (SIIA)
The Software & Information Industry Association is the
principal trade association for the software and digital
content industry. SIIA provides global services in government
relations, business development, corporate education and
intellectual property protection to the leading companies
that are setting the pace for the digital age.
Internal GameShield Resources
- These links provide information about
several of the most common topics of interest for clients
wishing to license and protect their software with GameShield.
GameShield
Software Licensing System (Home Page)
Game licensing system, copy protection, anti-hacker, anti-cracker, toolkit, DRM Kit
and much more. http://www.gameshield.com/
What is Software License Enforcement?
Explains the basics of what comprises
a professional software licensing system. Begins to explain
what some of the possible problems you can encounter if
you choose to not use a commercial software licensing system.
What
is copy protection?
Explains the basics of what copy
protection is and how it works with FingerPrinting. Examines
how copy protection can help make your software more secure
- even in the face of complete disk cloning.
How does the
system work?
Explains in some depth how the GameShield System works. Examines IronWrapping,
license files, activation codes, generating activation codes, and puts them into
context using an example. The example is a step-by-step scenario that illustrates
a full purchase cycle - from when the customer visits your site, through a purchase,
to when they receive their activation code from you.
GameShield
licensing system benefits
Covers many of the main benefits your organization will receive when you choose
to use the GameShield System DRM Kit.
License
Models
Examines many of the fundamental licensing models achievable using the GameShield
license manager to create your licenses. Naturally, countless more models are
achievable by combining the fundamental types or designing your own model by using
our extremely flexible and feature-rich license manager.
Creating
licenses with the GameShield license manager
Explains the basic steps you will need to perform to create licenses using the
GameShield license manager. The GameShield license manager is easy to use and
you can create a new license from scratch in just minutes.
Integrating
the ClientProtector™ into your applications
Explains the basic steps you need
to do to be able to link to the ClientProtector COM component
in your applications.
Generating
activation codes using the GameShield Manual-Activator™
Discusses how to generate activation codes using the GameShield Manual-Activator.
The steps are very simple and the interface leads you through the process in just
seconds.
Generating
activation codes using the GameShield Web-Activator™
Discusses how to deploy and configure the GameShield Web-Activator to automatically
generate activation codes for your paying customers over the web. Sell your software,
hands-off, 24 hours a day - 7 days a week.
Software
license hosting service
Introduces the GameShield License Hosting Service. Ideal for GameShield
Server and IronWrap Edition clients who choose not to host their own IIS web-server
or simply want someone else to handle the server maintenance.
Technical
support for the GameShield licensing system DRM Kit
Lists the technical support agreement terms for the GameShield System DRM Kit.
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