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From: reintom@rocky2.UUCP (Tom Reingold)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Copy Protection
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 23:51:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 23:51:08 1985
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>A friend who is not on the net asked me to post this.  He is about to begin
>selling a data base application designed to run on IBM PCs and compatables,
>and wishes that it be copy protected.  Will anyone with information on where
>to purchase such copy protection software/hardware please respond to me by
>mail.  If there is sufficient interest, I will summarize to the net.
>
>                                James Jokl

Tell your friend that if he wants his program to continue to sell, he
should not copy protect it.  Think of this:  Copy protection may be
an arguable measure from the vendor's point of view, but what does the 
customer gain from it?  Is there a reason to conduct ANY business 
transaction if the CUSTOMER is not well served?

Remember the lesson from Economics 101:  The value of a good or
service is not what it cost to produce but by what you can get for
it.

Tom Reingold