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Subject: Re: Copy protection (e.g. the Lemmings debate)
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Date: 9 Mar 91 20:42:33 GMT
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In article <521gy1w162w@zooid> pondscum@zooid (Lima Bone) writes:
>sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Samuel S Sostre) writes:
>
>> In article <1991Mar2.023142.25632@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dsherif@csserv2.ic.sunysb.
>> >In article <1991Feb27.032156.19436@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.O
>> 
>> >Some pirates will stop at nothing however.  I personally know one that
>> >photocopied both booklets that came with the game just to get it for free.
>> 
>> Anyone who has seen Full Metal Planet or Purchased it knows that the manual i
>> indeed very large. Despite the fact that its about 30-60 copied pages, I know
>> someone who did copy it only to have the game. It goes to show that pirates 
>> will stop at nothing.
>> 
>> 
>> >-- 
>> >Darin Sheriff; Amiga 1000 owner.        dsherif@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu
>> >People don't pirate software.  Computers pirate software.
>> >Disclaimer: It wasn't me.  It was Chucky.  He did it.
>
>30-60 pages at 10cents a copy isn't very horrible, dontcha know. I wouldn't 
>call it a STOP AT NOTHING thing to do. At least they didn't wait for another 
>pirate to type up complete docs avec walk through/hints like most pirated 
>games have.


Im not talking about the cost so much as going through the trouble of making
60 copies. I dont remember how large the manual is but Im pretty sure its 
on the order of 60 Xeroxed pages. $6 isnt a lot of money if you goto kinkos but
its still agravating.. I mean just copying all of those pages...

 
> Lima