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From: c55-hc@ucbbuddy.BERKELEY.EDU (Brent Chapman)
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Subject: Re: Copy Protection
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Date: Sat, 14-Dec-85 22:03:16 EST
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Keywords: Laser disks?

I'd be interested in hearing some comments on how the coming of 
read-only laser disks to the market will affect the copy protection
situation.  It seems to me that these disks would be reasonably
hard to duplicate.  If manufacturers can bring the prices down,
we may yet have a viable alternative to copy protection, other
than totally open software.

Personally, for most of the work I do, I prefer not just unprotected
disks, but source code, as well.  In the micro world, about the only
place you can get source is public domain, or from certain companies
such as Beagle Brothers.  While the quality of Beagle Bros. software
is excellent, that is unfortunately untrue for most of the public
domain source I have encountered (I have a fairly extensive collection
of PD Pascal stuff for the IBM).

Brent Chapman
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