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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: Moebius patch (deprotection) and warning
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Date: 8 May 89 15:22:59 GMT
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In article <8560@boulder.Colorado.EDU> pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jonathan Pratt) writes:
 
>Nonetheless, how often do buyers know in
>advance when they are purchasing protected software?  Most Mac users
>I know wouldn't even glance at software that admitted you couldn't run
>it from your hard disk.  How about some truth in advertising?
 
If you order by mail, look in the Mac Connection ads. MacWarehouse stopped
putting this information in their ads, but it is still in the catalog. Other
than that, I would ask. It might be a good idea to do that anyways; I think
some of the information in MacConnection's ad is wrong.

Also, the Minifinders section in MacUser tells you what is copy protected.
I watch these very closely and cross all copy protected software off my
list of possible purchases. The same thing is going to happen for anyone
who uses that new hardware device (EVE). 

I'm hoping that if Shanghai does an upgrade to work with the newer machines,
they remove copy protection. I would like to have that one and the minute
the copy protection is removed, I will buy it (if it works on Mac II and
SE/30).

<In every case I've seen, copy protection encumbers legitimate users
<and entertains pirates.

That was certainly true of the person whose 512 I bought at the beginning
of my Mac experiences. He even had a logo and seemed to be proud of his
extensive collection. I had lots of "try before you buy opportunities."

Shirley Kehr