Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.games:4883 comp.sys.mac.hardware:12444 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!pyrnj!esquire!baumgart From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games,comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Mac LC and the OIDS game Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 16:54:36 GMT References: <1991Jun25.133411.12677@cbnews.cb.att.com>,<1991Jun27.071832.24907@crash.cts.com> <1991Jun27.132820.27977@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@DPW.COM Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.games Distribution: usa Organization: Davis Polk & Wardwell Lines: 31 In-reply-to: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu's message of 27 Jun 91 13:28:20 GMT In article <1991Jun27.132820.27977@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes: In article <1991Jun27.071832.24907@crash.cts.com>, gregpen@crash.cts.com (Greg Penetrante) writes: > [re: Oids copy protection] p.s. I know there is a patch available > that will disable the CP of this game. is it legal to post it on > Internet? (I guess not) Technically, no, it wouldn't be illegal. However, thousands of self-appointed net.thought.police would probably descend upon you, send you nasty email, tell your sysadmin that you are promoting software piracy, and start yet-another-flame-war. It would be nicer if you (the original poster) paid for the game, since registered users get a key code to enter that removes the copy protection. At least, that's how I removed the copy protection from my copy: after purchasing it, I sent in the registration card, and two weeks later FTL sent me the key code. End of copy protection. If you like the game enough to waste all this time trying to get around its copy protection, why not spend the $30 and buy it? If you had written and published a game as wonderful as OIDS, wouldn't you want people to buy it from you, rather than selfishly (and illegally) copying it -- and then whining about its copy protection? -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." baumgart@esquire.dpw.com | cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Letterman