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Subject: Re: MusicWorks queries:  Backup?  FORTH??
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Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 21:30:23 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 21 21:30:23 1984
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From: Joseph I. Pallas 

Now 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
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