by Katahu » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:14 pm
You know, I just had a better idea while I was sleeping; although I can't remember what I dreamed about except for the this new idea.
Instead of making this watchdog group a police force, how about we charge it with sending out information? Pirates [both the freeware and payware types] rely on ignorance from any flight sim new commer so that they can trick the new commer into buying freeware addons. That's when I realized that knowledge is power. The more people who know about sites like Flight Sim, AvSim, etc., the less likely a pirate would be able to fool a new commer.
Not only that, instead of having a group being on the look out, how about the entire community members? Every addon developer likes to keep an eye on his or her creations [whether it's freeware or payware]. But those developers can only go so far on their own to protect them. In that case, why not make the community members [on volunteering basis] be on the look out and act only as wistle blowers to let everyone else know about the piracy being committed? At the same time, other volunteers would work on letting every new commer be aware of freeware site like FSW.com and such. But for this part to work, the community would need to make an agreement with Microsoft and ACES team in terms of how to relay this information more effectively.
What do you think?
EDIT:
The purpose of this new idea is to reduce the pirates attempt to fool an unsuspecting buyer.
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Katahu on Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.