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From: jam@lonex.radc.af.mil (Joel A. Mussman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Pirating CD-ROMS
Keywords: CD-ROM
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.143219.4861@lonex.radc.af.mil>
Date: 12 Dec 90 14:32:19 GMT
References: <1990Dec11.205920.12986@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>
Organization: RADC
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In article <1990Dec11.205920.12986@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> pochron@cat52.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron) writes:
>Perhaps one of the reasons game developers are so hot on CD-ROM technology
>is it is impossible to pirate a CD-ROM - too much inforation stored there,
>even for a hard drive.

	Huh?  Thats not exactly true, there are many large drives around.
	Plus, I can NFS off of my VAX, which has merely a few gigabytes
	available online.  And if I need more, I can fill out the appropriate
	forms...

	Actually, I don't condone or participate pirating, I'm just expressing
	a technical viewpoint.

>IC ROMs can, and have been, pirated.  I suspect by 1995 (if the game industry

	Very easy.  A reader will run you about $500.00, but then again it
	costs about the same for a CD-ROM drive.

>doesn't go bust again) every game on the market will use a CD-ROM - 0% loss
>of sales to piracy.  Only "borrowing" can hurt sales then...

	I suspect myself that most games will not take up the capacity of
	the CD-ROM, so I don't see how this will cause any changes in the
	attitudes and actions of many people.  If I'm missing something, I
	certainly would like to be enlightened!

Joel Mussman
jam@lonex.radc.af.mil.