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From: ins_adsf@jhunix.UUCP (David S Fry)
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Subject: Re: copy protection (LONG)
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Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 18:51:52 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 15 18:51:52 1985
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     I just wanted to say that I agree with most everything Gustavo
Fernandez had to say in article 1173.  Recently debate about copy protection
has been a hot topic in computer magazines, and it seems as though a
solution must be found.  One certainly understands that a developer doesn't
want his creation to be stolen, but when companies like Lotus and Microsoft 
sell software for $500-600, it's hard to be sympathetic.

    The most simplistic answer, of course, is to not copy protect anything.
I even have two friends, former die-hard pirates that would copy anything
they could, who now refuse to break the copyright notice of any un-copy-
protected program; protected software is still fair game to them.  If this
was practiced more often, they feel, developers and users could live happily.

                                              David Fry