Re: Moebius patch (deprotection)

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From: Aftab Ahmed
Date: Mon, 08 May 1989 16:20

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In article <EYMBIzy00WB9QpWmdD@andrew.cmu.edu>, al1f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andy A. Lee) writes:
>      I am sure William Bumgarner's patch is wonderful for Macintosh Plus
> owners.  However, now everyone can get a copy of Moebius from a friend
> that owns Moebius instead of buying it.  And don't try to tell me that
> all Moebius owners are law abiding citizens...

I do not agree.  I don't know about Moebius, but you can get most other copy protected
programs from your friends using programs like Copy 2 Mac.  Are you saying that, the
publisher of Copy 2 Mac is breaking the law by providing a instrument for pirates to use??
I myself do not buy any program which I cannot copy to my hard disk.  When I am buying
programs first thing I look for is the copy protection.  If it protected then it is out
of my list.  So as far as I am concerned, being able to know that a program is copyable
is a plus point in favor of that program.

On the subject of copy protection!!  I am still wondering why software publishers bother
with copy protection??  I am yet to come across a non-defeatable copy protection scheme,
with 90 percent breakable in 10 minutes or less.  Any comments!!!!

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From: ahmeda@gtephx.UUCP (Aftab Ahmed)
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Subject: Re: Moebius patch (deprotection)
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Date: 8 May 89 16:20:32 GMT
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