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From: sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip)
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Subject: Re: Psygnosis Missed the Point!
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Date: 8 Jun 91 13:07:29 GMT
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In article <1991Jun8.053709.7740@trl.oz.au> soh@andromeda.trl.OZ.AU (kam hung soh) writes:
>mcgowen@saturn.ucsc.edu (Richard McGowen) writes:
>>Psygnosis still does not want Joe Average to be
>>able to give their games (an investment of their money) to the kid next door,
>>down the street, and the one they met once at school who has the same kind of
>>computer.
>
>Proponents of disk-based protection systems seem to forget pirates have
>and can break any protection on disk and honest buyers are penalised
>instead.  If a person buys a game, why does he have to pay extra so
>that he can fully utilise his system?  Will the company replace his
>game disk for free if he wears it out due to the protection system?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Or pay for repairs on the disk drive to the constant grinding????


>Why does he have to put up with such inconvenience at all in the first
>place?
>
>Isn't fairer to reward the honest user instead of punishing him?
>
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>Soh, Kam Hung      email: h.soh@trl.oz.au     tel: +61 3 541 6403 
>Telecom Research Laboratories, POB 249 Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia 


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