That argument aside, I feel I must remark this is the only software user forum in which I have seen people (shockingly often) register an account specifically to expose themselves as pirates and scold the software developers for their attempts to protect their investment.
The only other solution is DRM, not to be confused with a dongle's driver, which would serve to cripple the software in the event of a software or major OS update, not to mention the menagerie of errors which can, and do, occur in the regular operation of a computer. Small, quality developers like TVP need some way to protect their assets against a clientele which would, let's face facts, prefer to pirate the software.
That said, the rate of software piracy, particularly in the fields of graphic design and animation, is atrocious. They're fragile, they're expensive, and they certainly detract from my experience as a tablet user. I have to agree that a dongle is a poor solution, especially when the average Tablet PC has only two USB ports.
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