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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ID (P)ROMs (was: Pirates and swapware)
Message-ID: <2493@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 90 15:23:30 GMT
References: <1990Jun22.183227.2638@cbnewsl.att.com| <1990Jun24.075559.13459@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <90176.155439ESDYKE@MTUS5.BITNET> <90179.002354ESDYKE@MTUS5.BITNET>
Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky
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ESDYKE@MTUS5.BITNET (Erick Dyke) writes:


|To sum it up, if this new protection scheme of yours means that I as an
|honest user must, pay more to run on my 2 machines, haul my equipment across
|town (disconnecting it every time), or purchase a copier that will
|remove the protection (while helping someone get rich off of piracy),
|I rould rather let piracy run wild.

|The whole idea of the type in the word method, is that it does not treat the
|average user as a crook, by being as convienent as possiable.  Your method
|treats me as a common crook.

I have to agree with Erick. The serial number lookup will be cracked
(You can bet on it), and the end result will be that the honest users will
have to put up with all the heartache of the scheme, while the pirates will
have eliminated the protection and will have all of the convenience of the
software and none of the heartaches. You will end up punishing only the
honest people. The pirates will be laughing their asses off.


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