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From: dave@emerald.PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Copy protection
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Date: 7 Dec 88 21:05:49 GMT
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I am seriously considering the purchase of Reader Rabbit for my 7-year
old.  However, the d**n thing is copy-protected.  Since we use the
hard disk for practically everything, she isn't used to having to
rummage through floppies to find what she wants; more importantly, we
can't have an icon present on the screen to REMIND her that it exists.
(We have another disk, Kid's Time, that gets maybe a tenth of the
use it otherwise would, because of these problems.)

So...

(1)  What software is available to break copy protection schemes and
install programs on hard disk?  (My intentions are strictly honorable;
even if they weren't, I don't even know any other 7-year olds!)

(2)  Does anyone know for sure whether these programs work with Reader
Rabbit (or Kid's Time, for that matter)?

(3)  Can anyone recommend software more-or-less comparable to Reader
Rabbit, but that isn't copy-protected?  Quality and $ matter, of
course, but more important is being able to put it where it will
actually get used.
-- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com)
-- Unisys Corp. / Paoli Research Center / PO Box 517 / Paoli PA  19301
-- Standard disclaimer:  Any resemblance between my opinions and those of my
   employer is strictly coincidental.