Author: Robert Ericsson
Date: 01:11:12 04/22/99
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On April 21, 1999 at 10:04:39, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On April 21, 1999 at 06:58:25, Robert Ericsson wrote: > >>On April 20, 1999 at 18:24:49, Dave Gomboc wrote: >> >>>On April 20, 1999 at 12:02:12, Robert Ericsson wrote: >>> >>>>On April 20, 1999 at 09:19:44, todd sloan wrote: >>>> >>>>>When I copy my fritz cd and try to refuel, it says that's not the fritz cd. Why >>>>>is this and is there a work around? >>>> >>>>Why backup a CD? I can understand if you want to backup your C drive but >>>>your Fritz CD? >>>> >>>>Come on - get real! It's too obvoius... >>>> >>>>Robert >>> >>>I don't know about Todd Sloan, but I copy my original CDs. It's too much of a >>>pain if they get scratched to send them back and get new ones. >>> >>>But I don't have Fritz 5 :) >>> >>>Dave Gomboc >> >>Well, I don't know what ChessBase thinks of you taking backup of a commercial >>CD, but why should they sent you a new CD if you have scratched it? If they do, >>and that's of course their problem, you will have to send the old one. Right? > >They should send a new one (for a reasonable replacement fee to cover processing >and shipping) because I have paid for a licence to use the software. Why >shouldn't they send me a new CD if I have scratched it? > >And besides, what makes you think I have ChessBase? I missed your sentence mentioning you didn't have Fritz5. I was referring to the thread in general. Sorry! >I don't. And if I did, I >doubt I would care what they think. Doing something to save them and me future >potential hassle, with a net cost to me of a blank CD, should be a net win for >everyone, as far as I am concerned. > >I have stuff like Windows NT 4.0 Server, Visual Studio 6.0 (Enterprise), MS >Office 97... and Microsoft clearly marks on each disk, "Do Not Make Illegal >Copies of this Disc". They don't tell me I can't make copies. They tell me not >to pirate it. There is a big difference between the two. > >>But back to the original question: is it possible? Yes it is, I tried it >>yesterday and when refueling, Fritz recognize the CD as the original one. >> >>How did I manage that? Well, I won't tell you how to crack it, but it's >>very easy ;-) >> >>For the record: I think Chess Assistant has managed to solve the problem >>with pirate copying. At least I'm told that CA3/4 can't be copied the same >>way as Fritz5. >> >>Robert > >Dave
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