Xref: utzoo comp.sys.apple2:8335 comp.sys.amiga:71453 comp.sys.mac.misc:5606 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:3554 misc.legal:22529 rec.music.synth:17031 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!warwick!covpoly!csg019 From: csg019@cck.cov.ac.uk (*ZAPHOD* INTUITION) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.legal,rec.music.synth Subject: Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information (was Re: paper clip trick) Message-ID: <1990Nov12.114714.17469@cck.cov.ac.uk> Date: 12 Nov 90 11:47:14 GMT References: <2653@ttardis.UUCP> Organization: Coventry Polytechnic, Coventry, UK Lines: 25 In article cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles William Swiger) writes: >Deprotecting a program (assuming you've paid for it) is not illegal, >although making major modifications may come under the jurisdiction of >the "derivative works" clause of the copyright law. Again, distributing >information about how to deprotect a program is NOT illegal. To attempt >to prevent the distribution of such information would be a clear >violation of the "free speech" (First) Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Are we all from the same planet or what? The whole piracy/deprotection debate is getting to complex. If you buy a game, you can do what you want to it, format is, change it, deprotect it or stand on it as long as you dont try to disribute copys of it, or sell the modified product. Companies have a perfect right to protect thier investment, its a shame its so easy to deprotect. *** By the way, is anyone outside the UK receiving this? ****** -- *********/// O O **A member of S.H.I.T. (Super High Intelegence Team)**///*** * /// u Fight, defeat and kill organized laming. /// * * \\\ /// --- Zaphod of Intuition csg019@uk.ac.cov.cck ok? \\\ /// * ****\\X//**********************************************************\\X//******