SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (07/18/88)
>In response to Scott (SELLSWOR@HMCVAX) regarding Tomahawk GS copy protection > >> NB:the copy protection is the uncivilized kind that allows no backups, and >> demands that you boot from the original disk with a power off. Thus, no hard >> drives, rom drives, or other speed enhancements need apply. > >Virtually all game software that you buy will be copy protected. Generally, >that doesn't pose much of an inconvience nor is it very unreasonable. There >are CDA's that one could load up which would allow the breaking of the copy >protection to be a very easy task. The authors simply don't want to have their >software stolen, so they have done whatever they could to stop it. Its Logical contradiction: if there are CDA's that can crack the copy protection then the authors' efforts only hassle honest users (they don't stop copies). >regretable that it is difficult to boot the software, but I'm sure that John >Brooks (the author whom is an acquaintance of mine) had no intention of making >the task of using the game more difficult for you. Basically, what I'm trying >to say is that your asking a bit too much from them...to remove their copy >protection. When you buy a program, you will probably find it. I'm not surprised to find games copy protected, but copy protection schemes that require a cold boot probably are "shooting themselves in the foot." And, why not a scheme that permits a single backup (most Broderbund software does that) or at least contains a backup disk with the original purchase? Frankly, everytime I buy a program with one of those "send $10 <sometimes more> for a backup disk" inserts I appreciate all the more those frequent, modestly priced, updates from Central Point. Murph Sewall Sewall@UCONNVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {rutgers psuvax1 ucbvax & in Europe - mcvax} !UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] -+- My employer isn't responsible for my mistakes AND vice-versa! (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) "It might help if we ran the MBA's out of Washington." - Adm Grace Hopper
JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET (Josef Wankerl) (07/18/88)
Daniel,
I will agree that most software will probably be copy protected,
but I do not think that the protection should make the program more
difficult to use. A complete shutdown of your system is absolutely
uncalled for. I know that I don't want to power down my system every
time I want to use a different program. I do not think that asking
the company to remove copy protection is asking too much. They could
AT LEAST modify their protection to allow a warm boot of their program.
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-Joe