{"id":9,"date":"2005-02-17T17:21:03","date_gmt":"2005-02-17T22:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/2005-02-17\/product-activation"},"modified":"2005-02-17T17:22:19","modified_gmt":"2005-02-17T22:22:19","slug":"product-activation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/product-activation\/","title":{"rendered":"Product activation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shop4.outpost.com\/product\/4154373\">Norton SystemWorks 2005<\/a> is free after rebate at Outpost.com. Don&#8217;t buy it: it has &#8220;product activation&#8221;, one of the &#8220;treat your customers like criminals&#8221; techniques that threaten to become more common. Symantec has joined the ilk of Microsoft, RIAA, MPAA, and the rest of the robber barons, and the only way they will ever stop is if we make them hurt where they hurt most: the bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>So don&#8217;t buy SystemWorks, even though it&#8217;s free. 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