Consumer Software Activation and Try&Buy over the web are the two most powerful and pervasive usage models of machine locked copy control as demonstrated by the models almost exclusive use by the worlds top software publishing companies including Microsoft, Symantec, Adobe and Intuit. Other forms of digital distribution and online license management are very popular and in common use, however these two simpler forms of machine locked copy control have proven to be the only realistic options when large numbers of consumer customers are involved are large scale site or OEM licensing of software. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents 1. Summary of common types of digital copy control for software publishing. 2. Criteria for evaluation of Activation and Try&Buy technologies 3. Table comparing popular Activation and Try and Buy Technologies. -----------------------------------------------
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