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From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Pirating CD-ROMS
Keywords: CD-ROM
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Date: 13 Dec 90 23:39:12 GMT
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In <1990Dec12.165845.23087@hoss.unl.edu>, 252u3130@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) writes:
>Yeah, but they'll find a way.  The only real way a CD ROM game couldn't
>be copied is if it's 100% full.

In article <2406@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>Huh? Why not? All it takes is a standard 669 meg drive (or part of a 1.2 GByte
>SCSI hard drive.

Feel free. You get to copy one or two CD-ROMs, for a media cost in the
neighborhood of $3500.  This doesn't sound like piracy to me...






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