Author: Jorge
Date: 14:00:53 09/04/02
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On September 04, 2002 at 16:16:19, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 04, 2002 at 14:34:10, James Constance wrote: > >>What is the point of a CD check? There are so many CD-Rs around that it doesn't >>do anything to stop piracy. It just annoys the program owners. > >It produces physical evidence that can be used to convict the cheater. > >It's not exactly traumatic to have to put in a CD to run a program. On the >other hand, if you want to run two programs at the same time and have only one >CD drive, that can truly be a pest. > The first part of this sentence is more traumatic IMO, since I have to look through a stack of CDs first, and then inserting it. After the CD is recognized, it can be taken out for the second program CD to run, which is less painful for me. jorge >The way to vote is with your pocketbook. If you don't like these products, then >buy the ones that do not perform the check. At some point, either the >manufacturers will change their thinking (if the stampede to other products is >large enough) or nothing will happen (if people don't think the detriment of >loading a CD is worse than the cheaper price or better features or whatever else >is driving program sales).
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