I just got Hollywood Screenwriter and as I was reading the Installation
Manual (I actually read those), I got to page 4 and it says: "Hollywood
Screenwriter requires the original CD to be inserted upon each launch of the
program. This method of copy protection ensures compliance with the
application licensing agreement."
Wow. Talk about a major inconvenience. Basically you have to keep the CD
laying around the computer 24/7 if you are going to use it regularly. It
also means that after it gets scratched up from laying around it won't boot
up the program anymore and you have to contact Write-Bros with your receipt,
Registration Code, and Serial Number so that they can mail out the
replacement disk for a nominal fee.
I never would have bought Hollywood Screenwriter if I had known this. CD
launching is like something from the 1980s when you had to keep the program
disks in the floppy tray in order for the program to work. Any company that
has no consideration for the customer does not deserve customer loyalty.
I think that selling a program that does not work without the CD to launch
it EVERY TIME is tantamount to fraud. I expected that Write-Bros sold only
quality products. I also would point out that their attitude presumes that
every customer is a software pirate or thief. After all, they view their
customers as criminals.