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From: n074ev@tamuts.tamu.edu (Christopher Walton)
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Subject: Re: Copy protection (was Re: Awesome! No I am Pi**ed!)
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Date: 5 Dec 90 23:34:40 GMT
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SOMEone said earlier .....

  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).


What I have to say is this .....

  It doesn't have to be a pirate that breaks the source to remove such 
protections as code wheels and manual lookups, some COMMERCIAL programs
will do this for you, AKA: RAW COPY, etc...   I think the authors of
these PARAMETER copiers, that not only backup a program, but de-protect 
it are as DOWN AND DIRTY as the pirates who "break the source code."


Christopher Walton
n074ev@tamuts.tamu.edu