Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 05:33:25 04/04/01
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On April 04, 2001 at 01:33:48, Georg Langrath wrote: >In my opinion it is nearly criminal, when they force us to have the CD in for >starting up a program. Think if every programmer did so? It also very easy >destroys the CD when you shall take it up and down all the time. >I have bought cm8000. I like it very much. It has many features over my last >Chessmaster that is cm6000. But when I upgraded to version 102 I had to put in >CD very time. Yeah, a CD-Rom does wear out from putting it in and out the tray time after time. There's a big chance that already after 15 years the CD Rom won't work anymore. It's a real danger :)) Okay, so the argument about destroying CD-Roms is a non-argument. I have CD's for over 12 years now, and of my 500 music CD's not one ever was damaged by putting it in and out the player. The same goes for CD-Roms I now use for some eight years. I still have them all -undamaged and working unflawed. Your other point however is valid. What really *is* a nuisance is getting this CD in and out every time at totally unexpected moments, or even worse, having to have the CD in the tray just to check the legality of the program. I fully understand the use of those patches by registered users. The producer of the patches (who also lurks here- and maybe even posts here) is a bit of an agressive whacko, for some weird reason I cannot find out, but has stated in discussion that he/she respects copyright of software programs. So far no problem. I'm not going to be mr. SuperCorrect, and programmers may well use more friendy routines, but remember that it *is* done to prevent people (mostly in vain) to use illegal copies of the programs you buy. If people wouldn't buy these kinds of programs in the first place there's still the moral question of "pay for someone else's work", but if they can lay their hands on an illegal copy and crack it in this way just to prevent they have to buy it, it is also *you* who'll pay the price for it - higher prices, especially in the niche market these programs operate in. Turning regular software into shareware could be a solution to the "I wanna try"-argument- as well as more friendly CD -checks (a warning a few days earlier the check has to be performed in xx days is available and gives you the choice to take care of it at a moment that is convenient for you, and certainly no "stay in the tray forever-solution"), but basically copy protection turns out to be a valuable tool for both you and the programmer(s) alike. Again, I'm not on a moral crusade, just giving the other side of the story. And maybe this isn't the place to promote these patches. Just a thought. J.
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