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From: ttang@puff.cs.wisc.edu (Theodore Tang @ Univ of Wisconsin-Madison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Copy protection and the consumer
Summary: just name one "pro" that breaks protection!
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Date: 25 Jan 88 16:18:58 GMT
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In article <4745@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, palarson@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Paul Larson) writes:
> You have a point there, but you should also consider the fact that not all 
> software pirates are professionals.  Thus, not all of them would be able
> to do what you described.  The method described sounds much too difficult
> for munchkins, as well as being a lot of work.
> 	Johan Larson

I'm sorry Johan but the average person who does this kind of thing is about 19
years of age.  I should know because (1) I know some of the people who do this
sort of thing, (2) I did it myself once just so I could make a backup, and (3)
I have talked with many more people over the US who do this.  Copy protection
is easy to break if you have the time and most hobbiests do.  And this is
especially true when the same scheme is used for various products, once you
have removed copy protection from one, the others are very similar and done
even faster.

And then I haven't heard of any one "professional" that even does this.  It's
your average kid, ages 13 to 19.

Ted Tang @ Univ of Wisconsin
ttang@puff.wisc.edu.UUCP

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And then, I have never heard of anyone "professional"