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From: atoy@watnot.UUCP (Andy Toy)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Maxidesk, Deluxe Paint
Message-ID: <11396@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 16:51:17 EST
Article-I.D.: watnot.11396
Posted: Thu Jan 16 16:51:17 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 03:18:54 EST
References: <831@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> <185@uscvax.UUCP> <1048@utcs.uucp> <477@well.UUCP> <249@ism780c.UUCP>
Reply-To: atoy@watnot.UUCP (Andy Toy)
Followup-To: net.micro.amiga
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <249@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
>EA is considering dropping copy protection.  They left a note on the Amiga
>Forum on compuserve asking how much more poeple would be willing to pay
>for unprotected versions of programs.  Most of the people responding said
>thay would be willing to pay $10 to $30 more for unprotected programs.

Why should people pay more money for programs that are not copy-protected?  
Shouldn't they cost less since they don't have to develop a copy-protection 
scheme?  What do you think about those protection keys that come with
some software where you have to plug it into a port or bus on the computer?
Do you think that it would be a better alternative to disk keys?  I can
see that this would cost the companies more to provide this kind of key, 
therefore the price should increase, but then the disk can be backed-up as
much as you like.  That might be okay if the key doesn't wear out your
expansion bus or whichever port it plugs into.  Well, enough said.  I'm
going to call EA and let them know my opinions on copy-protection. You
should too.

I think that discussion about types of copy-protection should be
discussed in this newsgroup because it affects your hardware, adversely
in the case of key disks, and a viable solution should be found.  It is
important to Amiga owners that these key disks, if they must be used,
must not cause you to go see your authorized repair centre more frequently.

-- 
  Andy Toy, Mapping Analysis and Design Group (MAD), 
  Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo,
  Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA N2L 3G1   (519) 885-1211 x6563
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