Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 21:50:26 10/09/00
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On October 09, 2000 at 23:08:35, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 09, 2000 at 22:02:37, Michael Cummings wrote: > >>On October 09, 2000 at 17:50:04, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>Chessmaster 8000 is still on schedule to be finished early next week, and be in >>>the stores by early November. >>> >>>Unfortunately, I have some news which some of you will probably find upsetting. >>>So, just so you can't say that you weren't warned.... >>> >>>CM8000 IS DEFINITELY going to require a CD at all times, thanks to a mandate >>>from "on high". Those in charge of these decisions seem to feel that copy >>>protection is rampant (apparently, even more rampant than ever before), and that >> >>Considering that most new PC's also have cd burners, this cd copy protection >>will soon be a waste of time. People will just copy the cd and give them to >>other people. Its getting to a stage where technology is getting to fast for >>protection to be effective. > > >If the CD is really copy-protected (which John is implicitely saying), then you >cannot burn a copy of it. > > > > Christophe How much money would you like to lose on that opinion? :-) The truth is that copy-protection gives software distributors a false sense of security. Dave
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