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Subject: Re: Copying Disks for backup purposes

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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