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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Hammer T. H.)
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Subject: Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information (was Re: paper clip trick)
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Date: 18 Nov 90 21:26:53 GMT
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In <5V*^Z|@rpi.edu> sigma@pawl.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) writes:

>kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Name? I don't need no stinking name!) writes:
>>IT IS NOT ILLEGAL.  You have every right to subvert copy protection.  You can
>>do anything you want to the program, you OWN it.  You can change it, modify
>>it, rewrite it, whatever you want.  The only thing you can't do is DISTRIBUTE
>>what you've done.  There is NOTHING illegal about removing copy ptotection code
>>from a program.  Not according to the United States Code at least...

>Uh, excuse me, but have you *read* the license that comes with just about
>any software you buy these days?  Most of them clearly state, in thick
>legalese, "You do NOT own this software, you have been given a LICENSE to
>use this software, Company X still OWNS this software, etc" and they then
>proceed to restrict just about every right they can think of.

However a license in those terms is not recognized as legally binding.
Copy II Plus (at least v7.2) has a similar notice on it, and it is
DESIGNED to remove copy protection!

>I couldn't figure out what rec.music.synth had to do with this, so I spared
>them the discussion.

I'm still trying to figure out the bit about "was Re: paper clip trick".
What, was some deprotection scheme based on sticking a paper clip in your
drive?

>-- 
>Kevin Martin
>sigma@rpi.edu
>"england my country, the home of the free
> (such miserable weather)"
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