Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!cbmvax!phillip From: phillip@cbmvax.UUCP (Phillip Lindsay GUEST) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: "Look up a word in the manual" copy protection Message-ID: <2072@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 00:40:40 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2072 Posted: Wed Jul 8 00:40:40 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 04:22:35 EDT References: <594@madvax.UUCP> Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 29 in article <594@madvax.UUCP>, richc@madvax.UUCP (Rich Commins) says: > Keywords: user frustration > Summary: I HATE ALL COPY PROTECTION! > > In article <22328@sun.uucp>, cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes: >> In article <6816@g.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.csnet (Sean Casey) writes: >> >After unwittingly purchasing my second piece of software with this most >> >>> How hard is is really to look up a word? Is it harder or easier than >>> sending a broken disk back to the manufacturer. >>> >>> --Chuck McManis > > Has anyone ever used a xerox machine before? All this does is make > the legal owner and the software pirate both look up the word in the > manual! ... Documentation is a luxury for pirates. Apple pirates I knew (all dead know :-> ) had a few hundred disks and maybe enough documentation for 20% of the software. If you look at how most pirates get software ( BBS's, User Group Mass Copy etc) you can see how a pirate might get pisst if the software is "Type the word from the manual" protected. I can't say how effective it is, but I feel it is "atleast" as effective as protected disks...and safe. -phil ============================================================================== Phillip (Flip) Lindsay - Wake up and watch CNN at: Heather Ridge Apts. #G-115 UUCP: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!phillip Mantua, NJ 08051 No warranty is implied or otherwise given in the form of suggestion or example. Any opinions found here are of my making.