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From: hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: BLAZEMONGER III  - Darn near release!
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.054159.16891@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
Date: 28 Feb 91 05:41:59 GMT
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Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington
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    My vote for a copy protection mechanism is my $29.95 "Sooper DNA
Sequencer". This 8'x 2'x 4' module hooks into the Cray Microdot to
provide "ABSOLUTE PROTECTION". All it needs is a small piece of tissue
or body fluid (WHICH body fluid is left up to the purchaser.) to
INFALLIBLY identify the owner of the piece of software, and whether or
not you are it.

    To further the severity of the protection we also sell "IQ-Dropper
Nerve Gas" for $9.99. When hooked up in parallel with the Microdot, it
will release a GAS that will drop a person's IQ by 10 points when a
UNAUTHORIZED person tries to use the SW. It becomes inert in 10
minutes thus possibly causing your housemates to take a ANTI-PIRACY
stance as well.

    My company "Protection For The Paranoid" hopes this will further
the SPA's goal of a 0% piracy rate. An example:


 Quote from Dallas Morning News :
   
   (APPLICATION ASSISTANCE CENTER)Ronoake TX - IBM still has no
explanation why several of its programming staff are taking "extended 
vacations". Rumor has it that one of its employes were beta testing
the "Sooper DNA Seqencer" with the "IQ-Dropper" add-on for Windows. A
bogus copy was obtained by some people who's PS/1 was equipped with
the add-on, without their knowledge.

   IBM maintains that this will NOT have any affect on the release of
OS/2 2.0.


   I hope the developers of BLAZEMONGER III will consider this
copy-protection rather than making it "NON-HD Installable (TM)". Also
is the fact that I have patented making games "NON-HD Installable" and
Refrac Inc has bought the right to enforce the patent!

  Peace And Goodwill To All Programmers :-)
 
-- 
 adam hill --  hill@evax.uta.edu
     I programmed for three days          Make Up Your Own Mind.. AMIGA!
     And heard no human voices.              Amiga... Multimedia NOW!  
     But the hard disk sang. - TZoP              Born To Run SVR4