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From: broehl@watdcsu.UUCP (Bernie Roehl)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Re: Copy Protection - a case study
Message-ID: <1974@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 09:49:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 16 09:49:23 1985
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Reply-To: broehl@watdcsu.UUCP (Bernie Roehl)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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>Well, it is a thought, but most likely it will end up the same as any
>other copy-protection scheme.  It's no real problem to take out the
>"serial number," as anyone who's ever seen a pirated copy of an Infocom 
>game knows. 

Only if they know the serial number is there to begin with.  Put it in
several different places in the code, encrypted so it's hard to find.