Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!pt!gnome.cs.cmu.edu!hugo From: hugo@gnome.cs.cmu.edu (Peter Su) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Copy protection: boycott it! Message-ID: <45@gnome.cs.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 21:49:15 EDT Article-I.D.: gnome.45 Posted: Mon Jul 6 21:49:15 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jul-87 01:49:07 EDT References: <4826@sgi.SGI.COM> <4238@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <640@nis.NIS.MN.ORG> <4259@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <2470@husc6.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 52 Keywords: piracy, copy protection, bungled burglary In article <2470@husc6.UUCP> hadeishi@husc4.UUCP (mitsuharu hadeishi) writes: > That's fine for you (and me) Mike, but if you are interested >in getting software out to the masses, which I am, then I'm afraid >we're all going to have to live with copy protection. In order for >large-scale projects such as the ones envisioned by the consumer >software companies to get off the ground, some type of copy deterrent >is going to be required, or the consumer software industry could not >survive. Horse hockey! There are dozens upon dozens of "mass-market" software manufacturerers for the Mac, and none of them uses copy protection. To wit: Borland Microsoft Think Technologies Silicon Beach Living VideoText Infocom Cricket Sofware and on and on. For the software industry to survive, it has to do two simple things, 1) Make a good product 2) Make it worth being a registered user of said product. These means *gasp*, that they should take responsibility for anything the thing does wrong, and FIX it! They should give free updates (or cheap ones anyway) to registered users, they should LISTEN to their users and add features that people want. Having watched the Mac software market grow, it has struck me that the companies that copy protected their software have NOT survived, while those that didn't thrived and made loads of money. Personally, I buy software that is worth the price, and from good companies that support their products. I pirate software that is copy protected... :-) Pete -- ARPA: hugo@gnome.cs.cmu.edu UUCP: ...!{ucbvax,ihnp4,cmucspt}!hugo@gnome.cs.cmu.edu "There are reports that many executives make their decisions by flipping coins or by throwing darts, etc. It is also rumored that some college professors prepare their grades on such a basis." - Donald Knuth