Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!lll-winken!taco!hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV News Message-ID: <1991Jun19.054406.27121@ncsu.edu> Date: 19 Jun 91 05:44:06 GMT References: <1991Jun18.132410.29459@news.iastate.edu> <1991Jun18.191519.26912@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Jun18.195643.949@ncsu.edu> <1991Jun19.040714.2581@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 25 >>Yet on CIS comes a report that CDTV developer docs discuss several ways >>to "prevent piracy" of CDTV discs. They give methods of preventing >>CDTV titles from running on an Amiga... such as looking for the CDTV >>parameter RAM, placing CD-audio on the first track, and so on. >> > I don't know if it is true, but if so it is pretty silly. >What developer would INTENTIONALLY cut off a certain market segment? It apparently is true. I suppose some Mac/IBM disc companies are used to doing this. And/or if a relatively small (say, up to 20meg) part of the disc is used, then it would be something to consider... large hard disks are getting pretty common, and "borrowing" a friend's CDTV disc might be sorely tempting to some people. Besides, then the developer could later sell _two_ disc versions: One for the CDTV, and one for the Amiga. In addition, it seems that CBM is considering jigging things so that "non-CDTV" discs can't be used on their player (like what discs? got me! oh wait. perhaps ones they didn't master themselves?). The reason behind this is simple enough: CBM gets a minor royalty off each disc. Non-CBM discs = less royalties. Both ideas make a little sense, but perhaps public reaction can make a difference in that regard :-). best - kevin