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From: kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu (Ken Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Removing copy protection from SimCity
Message-ID: <4551@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 30 Oct 90 21:02:38 GMT
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In article <1990Oct29.232759.6965@wuarchive.wustl.edu> hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer) writes:
>Nobody can disagree with me, there is a need for copyprotection on some
>software (mostly games), but it should not uneed user interaction

I can.  I won't buy anything that's copyprotected with a protection scheme
more complex than I can disable.  I find it incredibly annoying.  The
end result of copyprotection is it may cut down on the casual piracy,
but will never eliminate it.  Name any game that's been produced, and
I could probably find you a pirated copy in under 72 hours.  Unfortunate,
but true.

It's a shame that companies copyprotect many of their games.  Those that
are copy-protected, I just go without.

Ken


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