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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
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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
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