Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!evax!hill From: hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Pirating CD-ROMS Keywords: CD ROM CDTV Message-ID: <1990Dec15.082628.28718@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Date: 15 Dec 90 08:26:28 GMT References: <2401@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> <1990Dec14.211443.25825@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington Lines: 21 How about a small program on CD using SCSI CMD's?? Tell it to seek to block xxx on the CDROM. Now if xxx lies in the 500M range it would make it difficult to copy since the HD might not go that high or if it did the data might not be there due to disk fragmentation. Or if you KNEW the game was going to be on CDTV one could interleave the AUDIO data with a portion of the regular data. Or one could query the BLOCK_SIZE which on CDTV is in the 2K or greater range. Now if a hacker could defeat a combo of these: 1) He could make a better living as a programmer. 2) He is EXTREMELY bored :-) -- adam hill hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu Make Up Your Own Mind.. AMIGA! Amiga... Multimedia NOW Most Common Phrase at DevCon '90 - "Shhhhhhh.."