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From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Copy protection {Psygnosis: PLEASE READ} (Re: Lemmings)
Message-ID: <56219@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 91 17:28:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.56219
References: <104@netw23.uucp> <1991Mar21.115937.16945@starnet.uucp>
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR
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sschaem@starnet.uucp (Stephan Schaem) writes:
< 
<  Are you serious about disk copy protection?
<  I guess you dont know what are disk protection and how a floppy
<  drive work, but let me explain...
<  If the software die because the 'disk based protection die' then
<  your disk simply died!
<  With or WITHOUT a protection it would have happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<  Actually having a disk protection is transparent, I dont play games
<  that us code whell since this really is #*#?!%# with the customer!

Apparently you don't understand the basis of everyone's complaint.
Of course disks can fail.  NO one argues that point.  However, when
the disk that fails is YOUR ONLY COPY of a program, the program is now
useless.  When you can make a BACKUP of the disk prior to using it,
then all you need to to is make a new working copy, and you still
have the program.

<  And I dont know of one compagnie that dont replace domage ORIGINAL
<  software.(but there must be some:-)

Sure, most companies will replace an original, damaged disk, for five
or ten dollars, plus the cost of postage, and the two-to-three week
delay in getting the damaged disk to them, waiting for them to process
it, and getting the new disk returned by mail.  It seems easier to
me to simply make a new copy myself (takes approximately 90 seconds).

<  If you know the latest Psynosis copy protection you will know that
<  it doesnt use any 'tricks', simply take advantage of the curent 
<  standart of floppy drive.

It doesn't matter HOW they implement their disk-based protection that
is at issue.  It is the mere fact that they do it at all.

Regards,
Chris

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