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Subject: Re: Dongle or re-charge with CDs

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 00:27:25 01/19/98

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On January 12, 1998 at 06:39:22, Kai Lübke wrote:

>On January 12, 1998 at 01:46:23, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>Sorry I haven't followed all copyprotection discussion in net. But I
>>wonder what is the meaning of "re-charge" with programs on CD. Is it
>>a way to show that You own original CD. But today recordable CD-Rs
>>cost about $2 and it's easy to make copies. So why bother user??
>
>Indeed. Especially since I've found that MChess 7's refill does not make
>any sense - all I have to do is make a copy of the MCP7 dir right after
>installation, then reinstall this copy whenever MChess asks for a
>refill.
>That means I could easily pass a freshly refilled copy to my friends if
>I wanted to -> this CP is worth practically nothing!
>
>Besides, it's annoying when I start MCP7 under DOS safe mode (where I
>don't have any CD driver loaded) and it asks for a refill -> I have to
>exit and reboot Win95 or DOS 6.22.

No, just add your CD-rom driver into your config.sys and/or
autoexec.bat.

>Rebel 9 seems to be protected better, and it does not even ask for a
>refill.
>That's what I call rewarding the honest buyer!

Correct, and by far better than dongles.



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