Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Pirating CD-ROMS Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 90 18:14:09 GMT References: <2401@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California. Lines: 18 In-reply-to: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca's message of 11 Dec 90 21:02:32 GMT X-Posting-Software: GNUS 3.12 [ NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs ] >>>>> On 11 Dec 90 21:02:32 GMT, lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) said: Larry> CD-ROM is as close to perfect copy protection as we have right now, and Larry> it means that the vendor can't whine about piracy being the reason Larry> sales are down. Can we really expect that most software vendors will be putting out CD-ROM software that uses such a large amount of space as is available on a CD-ROM? Point being that if it doesn't require a hard drive of significant size to make a copy of CD-ROM software, what protects the software any more than putting it on a floppy with no write-protect notch? -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"