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From: scratch@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Steven J Owens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Piracy
Message-ID: <18394@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu>
Date: 10 Jun 89 07:49:03 GMT
References: <8905282233.aa13301@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: scratch@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Steven J Owens)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <8905282233.aa13301@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> STEVENS@SENECA.BITNET writes:
>>Re: copy protection that blows the heads off pirates
>>Sure they can defeat it if they get lucky before it kills them.  I think a
>>copy protection method that removed the heads off potential pirates would be
>>quite a disincentive to try to pirate the program.  Yeah, Go ahead, make my
>>day!  :)
>As always Mr. Phelps... This Disk will self-destruct in 5 seconds ..... *&^%$%>HMMMM: the ultimate copy protection scheme! :-)

	I always thought it would be... uhmm... 'interesting' to put together
a disk with a flat battery (the kind they use in musical greeting cards) that
would have a contact in a sector that would not (during ordinary use) be read.
Try copying it and the flat battery zaps the drive head... or even *more* 
interesting, add a tiny thermite or plastique charge... 

Steven J. Owens  |  Scratch@PITTVMS  |  scratch@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu

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