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In article <538@biar.UUCP> trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) writes:
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>	The main reason	for the decline in copy protection is 1) the prevalence
>   of hard	disks and 2) the decline in level of technical literacy in the
>	marketplace.

I thought that the major reason for the decline in copy protection was the
fact that any update of Apple System software and/or new versions of the
ROMs would almost certainly break most forms of copy protection.  Apple
techsters have warned software publishers of this fact for years, and I
guess the constant free upgrading and disk mailings to their installed
base have persuaded many publishers that copy protection is just too
damned expensive.  Not to mention thousands of indignant phone calls
to their tech support lines (and president's office) upon the release of 
new Systems or machines from Apple.

>	The sole purpose of the protection was to protect the program during the
>	critical first month of sales; literally, in the hopes that
>	people would buy it before they went to their next user group
>	meeting.

Just to clear the air a little, most user groups (including BMUG) are
*not* Tortugas for software pirates (Tortuga was the headquarters for
several famous and infamous pirates during the 17th-18th century), but
rather (again, like BMUG) do all they can to discourage piracy, cognizant
of the fact that piracy only steals from software authors and makes it
more difficult for quality products to come to market.  More cogent
arguments for this view are available in several articles in our
newsletters; anyone interested in back issues of same can get in touch
with us at the address or phone below.

My apologies to any current residents of Tortuga...

John Heckendorn
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