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From: hal@pigiron.SGI.COM (John Hallesy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Deja Vu under 1.2 WB
Message-ID: <4826@sgi.SGI.COM>
Date: Tue, 30-Jun-87 14:11:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: sgi.4826
Posted: Tue Jun 30 14:11:07 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 1-Jul-87 07:21:14 EDT
Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc, Mountain View, CA
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Keywords: piracy, copy protection, bungled burglary

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Perry, we have a lot of respect for you, as you have been one of the major
contributors to the Amiga usenet community.

The gentleman we replied to had copied Deja Vu, discovered his copy didn't work,
and had posted a query as to why his copy didn't work.  We know that he was
working with a copy from the nature of the problem he complained about.  

We determined the simple reason why his PIRATED copy didn't work, and took the
opportunity to squelch any discussion of copy protection cracking on usenet.
He's still a second-rate pirate in our book.

> BTW, a utility to delete files and ignore the protection would be handy, as
> would one to let you address a file with strange characters in the name via
> the CLI. 

We discussed the Marauder II brain file situation to point out the sorry state 
of affairs in the game industry; you just can't expect ANY protection scheme to
last longer than 4 months or so.  Copy protection basically keeps honest people
honest; a pirate will eventually crack anything on the market.

		    Pete and John Hallesy

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