[computer-go] How to prevent Copyright violations?

[Chrilly]

>
> In practice, I recommend not to worry too much about copying. Consider
> pirated copies as free advertising. Offer something extra for the
> regular users who have paid for their stuff. For example, access to
> mailing lists, web forums, extra features, and so on.
>
I do not see what I can offer to the users of a chess- or Go programm which 
convinces them to pay when they get it for free from a download. Especially 
as a single-programmer, in case of a greater company like ChessBase this 
might be possible., E.g. by using the server.

> Most of all, don't loose sleep over copying. You can't stop it anyway,
> and the effort you put in trying, could be better used in producing
> something valuable.
>
I worry a lot. In case of Loop its not my money, but it destroys the 
economic basis of my work. I have to pay the heating and the taxes from 
selling game programming (well in the moment this is paid by the 
Hydra-Sheikh). Its the end of professional game programming.
What makes me also from the moralic point of view furious is the fact, that 
this modern hackers have obviously no hacker-ethic. Its another story if one 
hacks the product of a monopolist who behaves unfair to the users and puts a 
lot of unreasonable restrictions on the product and makes a lot of extra 
profit by asking much too much money for the product. Fritz Reul is a 
programmer who has put many years of efforts in his programm, the conditions 
for use are fair and now he wants to earn a few Euro for his work. If he 
counts the Euro per hour he has put in, its even in the best case below the 
minimum-wage in Bangladesh. But these stupid guys do not know the difference 
between Microsoft or IBM and Fritz Reul. They are just hacking without 
reason.

Chrilly