Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!rutgers!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!indep1!pete From: pete@indep1.UUCP (Peter Franks) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Copy protection for MS Windows applications Summary: copy protection isn't just to prevent pirating Message-ID: <1345@indep1.UUCP> Date: 5 Oct 90 11:23:26 GMT References: <24605@sequoia.execu.com> <24981@sequoia.execu.com> Reply-To: pete@indep1.UUCP (Peter Franks) Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization Lines: 23 In article <24981@sequoia.execu.com> gsm@sequoia.execu.com (Scott Mather) writes: >In article medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) writes: >>cb@sequoia.execu.com (Christopher D. Brown) writes: >> >>>I hate copy protection but we must still use it in select >>>markets. . . >> >>What markets would they be? Except for games, I can't understand why > ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ >>any one market would be more succesptible to pirating than others. . . I can think of at least one reason for copy protection other than piracy prevention - data security. If an application saves sensitive data, maybe to a floppy, maybe not, it might be a good idea to copy-protect the floppy to protect the user's data from being stolen (copied). Just a thought. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Peter Franks | pete@indep1.mcs.com OR pete@indep1.uucp | | NI9D | Use whichever one works | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+