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From: DN5@PSUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Moebius patch (deprotection) and warning
Message-ID: <84629DN5@PSUVM>
Date: 4 May 89 14:21:18 GMT
References: <cYLscby00WB64AAJAO@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: Penn State University
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Hi,

(This is in reply to the reply which stated that giving out deprotection
information was illegal.)

I really don't know if it was illegal to post this, but I don't believe so.
He specifically said that he wasn't doing this for any illegal reasons.  Also,
if it was illegal to deprotect software, then several major programs which
specialize in deprotecting software would be in big trouble.  As it is, they
have survived every lawsuit against them.

And quite frankly, even if it was illegal, perhaps it was moral?  And maybe
it did generate other sales.  I refuse to allow any copy-protected software
on my hard-disk, no matter what its utility.  He may have convinced me that
I should buy a copy of Moebius.  I think that copy-protection is self-
defeating.  It does generate more sales in the short run, but it leads to
problems later.  Many people I've talked to will not buy any protected
software (for work) because of the problems it gives.

                       D. Jay Newman (Jay, etc...)
                       dn5 AT psuvm.bitnet