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Re:Ask HN: To fight or not to fight piracy? by ryanpetrich on Sunday December 19, 2010 @02:36PM (#2022321)
Iff you can detect a pirated copy of the paid version with 100% certainty, have it show ads when it's detected piracy.
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Re:Ask HN: To fight or not to fight piracy? by thepsi on Sunday December 19, 2010 @03:10PM (#2022389)
Would advertisers be happy paying for ads that'll only ever be seen by users with a track record of not paying for stuff?
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Re:Ask HN: To fight or not to fight piracy? by gte910h on Sunday December 19, 2010 @03:25PM (#2022413)
Yes. People don't believe ads work on them
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