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>In article <85241@ut-emx.uucp>, ifby661@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Adam) writes:
>>
>> Hello. I have just bought some MIDI software from Opcode, and the disks
>> are coppy-protected. I have tried DiskCopy 4.2, DART, and some other
>> disk-copying programs, and they all give me error -71 (I think). Well, I
>> would like to make a back-up copy FOR MY OWN USE, and I dunno what to do.
>>  Can anyone suggest some program that will let me do this? (Hopefully
>> shareware/freewhere, and whre to get it)
>>
>
>This problem and all the ones referenced are exaclty why I *always* recommend
>against buying any copy protected software. I have never seen a copy
protection
>scheme that didn't cause some problem at a critical time in a demo schedule.
>
>Tom Stiller

The real problem is that the only program that can currently compete with
Vision is MOTU's Performer, and that is protected too. As far as I know, there
are NO true altertnatives to Galaxy plus editors that are non-copy protected.
Software protection seems to have become a standard in the music biz, and we
are the ones suffering. As an owner of Vision and Galaxy, I am completly fed up
with Opcode, but I depend on their products. They did send me a backup disk
when I wrote to them, but since then one of the disks has crashed, bringing me
back to one disk. Also, I use three different Macs, (one home, one studio, and
one at school) since I am the only one using Vision on these computers, I feel
that I have the right to have them installed on all three. However, the disk
only allows two installations. This policy is disgusting. I can only hope that
there is a musician/hacker out there who can patch this stupid thing.

Jason Duva <st201943.brown.edu>