Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!cit-vax!elroy!smeagol!jplgodo!wlbr!scgvaxd!trwrb!cadovax!keithd From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Software Piracy (names, addresses, numbers and pictures) Message-ID: <1654@cadovax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 17:30:39 EDT Article-I.D.: cadovax.1654 Posted: Wed Jul 15 17:30:39 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 09:07:59 EDT References: <1234@spice.cs.cmu.edu> Reply-To: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA Lines: 36 In article <1234@spice.cs.cmu.edu> mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes: >Re: Amiga Software Piracy (names, addresses, numbers and pictures) >1) All copy protection schemes can be broken. I noticed that Silent >Service was there -- wasn't that copy protected so well that the >original didn't work? Yeah, the cracked copy probably works better than the original. This is the kind of thing that really rankles my ass. That pirate bbs had a cracked copy of SoundScape 1.4. I've been trying to backup my legit copy for months with everybodies copy routine with no success. I'm scared stiff that I'll be doing something great on it or be planning to demo it to a large crowd just as the disk bytes the dust. And here's some pirates that have it broken. Do I have to go to someone like them to get piece of mind for my compositions? SoundScape is not a game program. If you don't have a MIDI interface, a keyboard and/or synth, and THE MANUAL, it's not very useful. Star Wars copy-protection on a program like that is nothing but pure irritation. >2) I didn't see either the Lattice or the Manx compiler in that list. >Perhaps that's because they're unusable without the documentation, and >the documentation is much too difficult to duplicate. AHA! Developers please note! But at the same time, creating a game program that needs documentation just for the sake of needing documentation makes for some pretty dull games. Fortunately for me, the Amiga is the first computer I've owned (and I've had 8 or 9 in the last 8 years) that is so much more useful in non-game ways, that I NEVER find the time or inclination to play games on it. But really, mightn't it be a good idea to publish a list of the top 10 NON-PIRATE boards? Keith Doyle # {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd # cadovax!keithd@ucla-locus.arpa Contel Business Systems 213-323-8170