Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!whuts!homxb!antique!cjp
From: cjp@antique.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dungeon Master WARNING
Summary: Broke-down master disks, CP
Message-ID: <2449@antique.UUCP>
Date: 7 Dec 88 00:59:12 GMT
References: <335@eklektik.UUCP> <12045@cup.portal.com> <10647@s.ms.uky.edu> <2344@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Reply-To: vax135!cjp (Charles Poirier)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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Over the last three years, I've had three copy protected floppy-based
games cease to work.  In each case, I wrote a nice letter requesting
free replacement of the disk and mailed it and the original disk to the
publisher.  In each case I received a free replacement (ok, less $.66
one-way postage).

Sure, that's not as good as having the disk unprotected in the first
place.  But it's a better solution than just throwing away an otherwise
nice program.  It also makes me feel a little better knowing I made
them eat the cost of a disk (plus shipping and handling).

I'm not arguing in favor of copy protection, just offering some free
advice on dealing with it if you so choose.

-- 
	Charles Poirier   (decvax,ucbvax,mcnc,attmail)!vax135!cjp

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