Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 01:27:58 10/10/00
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On October 10, 2000 at 02:43:07, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 10, 2000 at 00:50:26, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>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 > > >I know a lot of people around me who will be stopped if they cannot copy a CD >with their usual CD-copy software. > >That's enough to stop 80% of the piracy. > >The more advanced guys will manage to copy it, but anyway: >1) they are not going to use the product (they are too busy spending their days >and nights cracking softwares) >2) they would not have bought it anyway >3) if they sell it they will have problems, at least here > > > > Christophe Even though I am not a hacker or cracker, I have the software and hardware to copy any cd I want too. All of this was with stuff I bought at my local computer store and software off the net. Playstation games especially are suppose to have this copy protection. Well I can copy any game I want. I have not got any hacker software or hardware, just stuff everyone can buy and use. I know at least two well known cd burner programs that will copy even the most protected cd. The only software I ever copy is that I give to my brother. My brothers Hewitt Packard cd burner and software that came with it, has copied cd's which supposed to have cd protection. Maybe the later cd burners are just getting too good. Everyone with a cd burner pirates software. It just a case of the level of it. Like I said, I do, but only ever give it to my brother, I do not sell nor give it to any freinds. 99% of people who own a computer has used some form of pirated program.
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