Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!bagate!rutgers!sun-barr!apple!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!kth.se!cyklop.nada.kth.se!ludde From: ludde@nada.kth.se (Erik Lundevall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Copy protection Message-ID: <1990Dec5.195951.10014@nada.kth.se> Date: 5 Dec 90 19:59:51 GMT References: <49144@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <1990Dec5.144311.4975@javelin.es.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 31 In article <1990Dec5.144311.4975@javelin.es.com> pashdown%javelin@dsd.es.com writes: >There has virtually NEVER been a successful copy protection that hasn't been >'cracked' by someone. So I fail to understand why software companies still >rely on this garbage. In the past few years, it has gotten better, but most >still do the stupid drive gronk in order to keep the valid user from backing >up their validly purchased software, while the pirates march on. They still use it because they might sell more if the protection is hard to defeat. Someone will always remove the protection, but until then they hope to sell as much as possible. >What the software companies have to realize is that its a lack of QUALITY >that hurts their sales and not lack of COPY PROTECTION. One of the few >software houses still left for the Apple II is Beagle Bros. They NEVER >protected any of their software and continually provided a great product >with great support. Where are the companies like Muse and Sirius today? Better quality would certainly improve sales. I don't think the copy protection is unsignificant either, at least not here in Europe. That does not mean that I like it, on the contrary, I only buy products with no protection or maybe with a look-up-in-the-manual protection. >-- > / (Rotate head 90 degrees for full effect) > | BUNGEEEEEEEE! > |---------------------------------------------------------------------->= \ Pete Ashdown pashdown%javelin@dsd.es.com ...dsd.es.com!javelin!pashdown -- -Erik Lundevall ludde@adder.bula.se | ludde@nada.kth.se