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From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: copy protection
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Date: 23 Mar 90 16:48:43 GMT
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In article <11676@sequoia.execu.com> gsm@execu.com () writes:
>Oh, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease let's not start a silly copy protection
>discussion.  by now we all know its advantages/problems.
>
>in spite of what the net's consensus MAY be there are still a number 
>of valid reasons for it. why don't we just help the man out.      
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I concur, if some foolish organization wants to waste good money on a copy
protection system, let them.  The *free* market will fix their wagon;
no one will buy their product, and their investment in not just the copy
protection, but also in product development will be a complete waste.  They'll
go bankrupt, and hopefully will learn a valuable lesson about the marketplace.

Thus endeth the economics lesson.

kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov            Jet Propeller Labs
Kaleb Keithley

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