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From: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Copy Protection
Message-ID: <1990Nov26.074214.24876@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 26 Nov 90 07:42:14 GMT
References: <1990Nov25.150840.8250@lsuc.on.ca>
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In article <1990Nov25.150840.8250@lsuc.on.ca> jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura) writes:
>
>     Looking at the results of the early results of the games survey
>a thought crossed my mind and I thought I'd ask about it.
>
>[Discussion against copy protection deleted]
>
>Cheers! -- Jim O.
>-- 
>Jim Omura, 2A King George's Drive, Toronto, (416) 652-3880
>lsuc!jimomura
>Byte Information eXchange: jimomura

I agree completely.  One of my major peeves about copy protected software is
that it can't be installed on a hard disk.  Your stuck with a physical floppy
diskette while you are REALLY paying for the software itself.  The honest
people are the ones who get penalized.

Unfortunately, I suspect (or more important, software publishers suspect) that
more money is lost in releasing unprotected software to "potential pirates"
than would be lost by offending those who boycott protected software. When
unprotected software starts outselling protected software (don't hold your
breath), publishers will take notice and MAYBE they'll stop the copy 
protection (again, don't hold your breath).  

---jb