Just when you thought is was safe... (Microsoft Copy Protection)

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2 total messages Started by Chuq Von Rospach; Lord of the Ot... Thu, 09 Oct 1986 06:12

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Author: Chuq Von Rospach; Lord of the Ot...
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1986 06:12

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Just about the time I was making my second set of comments on Copy
Protection (see Fullpaint. and the followup) Microsoft was announcing (per
messages on CompuServe that I saw) the removal of Copy Protection from all
Macintosh products.  First one to be available will be an Excel update, with
Word and File updates down the pike (no, I dno't have dates of update
procedures, although I hope to soon -- CompuServe crashed on me while I was
reading...)

All I can say is "Congratulations Microsoft!"

Now, what about the rest of you?  There is no justification for Copy
Protection.  Mutter, mutter, and all the normal hyperbole. (Just as a matter
of record, I rebuilt my hard disk tonight for various reasons.  Thanks to
the Copy Protection on three programs (Word, File, and MacPublisher II) I
lost well over an HOUR beyond the normal backup/format/restore process
pulling out masters, making copies with Copy II Mac, and installing (and
defeating) the various protections.  Remember, I paid EXTRA for the
priviledge of doing this, since I (1) paid for the copy protection when I
bought the program, and (2) paid for Copy II Mac to defeat it.

Makes a lot of sense, no?

Anyway, I'm sure my comments were coincidental to the announcement and had
nothing to do with the change in Microsoft's policy, but I do hope people
get serious and refuse to buy non-copy protected programs.  And make those
manufacturers aware of that fact.  Copy Protection DOES NOT WORK and only
hurts the legitimate owners of the software.

chuq

Re: Just when you thought is was safe... (Microsoft Copy Protection)

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Author: Ray Holmes
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1986 21:46

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In article <8034@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.uucp (Chuq Von Rospach; Lord of the OtherRealms) writes:
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>Anyway, I'm sure my comments were coincidental to the announcement and had
>nothing to do with the change in Microsoft's policy, but I do hope people
>get serious and refuse to buy non-copy protected programs.  And make those
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>manufacturers aware of that fact.  Copy Protection DOES NOT WORK and only
>hurts the legitimate owners of the software.
>
>chuq

I'm sure you didn't mean this!!!

				Ray

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