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From: dtiberio@libws3.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
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Subject: Re: Copy protection (was Re: Awesome! No I am Pi**ed!)
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Date: 5 Dec 90 04:10:02 GMT
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Jordan et al,

  You mentioned that a code wheel or extensive documentation could stop
pirates. It doesn't.

  Software pirates will break the source code so that the code wheels aren't
needed, nor are any references to manuals (don't ask me how I know).

  And as for extensive manuals, people have been known to xerox hundreds of
pages if the program is really good. And many programs don't really need
manuals, unless your into Word Perfect. 

  The only way to stop pirates is to sell software on ROMs. No, maybe not.
They've been known to copy ROMs to disk too.
  I wonder sometimes how people can have thousands of pirated programs and
actuallt USE them all. Some of them trade HARDWARE for software! 

:)