Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: Re: MusicWorks queries: Backup? FORTH?? Message-ID: <288@uw-beaver> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 21:30:23 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.288 Posted: Fri Dec 21 21:30:23 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Dec-84 00:35:28 EST Sender: daemon@uw-beaver Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 20 From: Joseph I. PallasNow this disturbs me a great deal. I was all set to go out and buy this program, because it looked so nifty at all the pre-release demos. Now I find out (I guess it's no surprise) that it's copy-protected. This makes me considerably less willing to pay more than $40 dollars for anything, no matter how good. It also puts me in a dilemma: even if someone can tell me how to back up this program if I buy it, I would like to send a loud and clear message to the vendor that I don't buy programs that I can't back up. If I just buy the program and back it up, the vendor never gets that message. If I obtain a copy illegally, the vendor doesn't get the message either, and I'm a crook as well. The catch is that I think it's a good program, easily worth half its selling price. Does anyone have any suggestions? joe -------