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Article #6830cost effective COPY PROTECTION
From: mathew dodgson
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00
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Howdy. My name is Mathew Dodgson, I work for Neutrino software, a company in Melbourne, Australia dealing with computer data security. I have just invented a form of CDROM copy protection for the IBM PC. The copy protection is suited to any application that is distributed on CDROM, like a game or a multi-media program. The protection works by placing data on a CDROM that is outside what is normally writeable on a CD-RECORDER. The data that is written can be checked from an application on the CDROM as if it is a security code. The security code cannot be duplicated with a CD-RECORDER, but can be by means of mass duplication, as in a CDROM pressing plant. Presently, CD-RECORDERs are in the price range of serious software pirates. The number of cd-recorders available to pirates will increase dramatically as the prices drop. I believe software piracy is a huge problem, causing a large loss in revenue to software companies. The advantage of having a product that is protected on CDROM is that you can stop present and future pirates from making money from your games, without the need for a password entry system or a hardware dongle solution. Please write back to me if you are interested in my product.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100a73,18a723e6f6b0f97f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid100a73,public From: bigbird@melbpc.org.au (mathew dodgson) Subject: cost effective COPY PROTECTION Date: 1996/02/13 Message-ID: <4fmkpe$cjr@wombat.melbpc.org.au> X-Deja-AN: 139020617 organization: Melbourne PC User Group Inc, Australia newsgroups: aus.computers.cdrom