mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (12/09/88)
Given all this discussion about copy protection, I thought I would share my experiences trying to install Dark Castle on a hard disk drive. The documentation says that to install DC on a hard disk, simply make a directory, copy the contents of both disks to that directory, assign DC1: and DC2: to point to the directory, and have the original disk A in df0: when starting the game. The problem is that once the game finds disk A in the floppy drive, it wants to load itself from the floppy instead of the hard disk, and won't let you remove the floppy. Sigh. Has anyone gotten Dark Castle to work on a hard disk, or better yet found a way to defeat its copy protection? Failing that, would anyoune like to purchase a copy of Dark Castle? The people arguing for copy protection can simply go to hell. I paid $25 for this program and I have the right to use it in any manner I please. --M -- Michael Portuesi / Information Technology Center / Carnegie Mellon University INET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu / BITNET: mp1u+%andrew.cmu.edu@cmccvb UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ "I'm very sorry, Master, but that WAS the backup system" -- Slave
mph@behemoth.UUCP (Mark Huth) (12/10/88)
In article <EXbhgty00Vsf8Lf5tH@andrew.cmu.edu> mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes: >... > >The people arguing for copy protection can simply go to hell. I paid >$25 for this program and I have the right to use it in any manner I >please. Unforunately, you probably did not pay $25 for this program and you probably do not have the right to use it anyway that you please. You probably bought a license to use the program in the the manner specified in the license. With the exceptions of certain "fair use" extension to those rights, you don't have the right to use the program in any other manner. I hate copy protection, but have been unable to stick to my resolve not to buy copy protected software. I put off buying Dr. T's midi stuff for quite a while because it is copy protected, but finally bought a bunch of it the other day. What we need is a group like AA to help us in those moments of weakness when we cannot resist the temptation of software and buy that which we know is harmful to ourselves and the industry in general. You know, like someone to call before I buy my next copy protected bit of software. "Hello, Joe? Ya' gotta' help me. I'm at Confuser Discontents and just saw this really wonderful program." "Well, Mark, how can I help." "This program has wonderful graphics in hyper-realtime, and the sounds are beyond belief. Just like being in the shuttle at throttle up." "So what's the problem?" "It's (gasp) copy protected. (Sob) I know it's no good for me, but the pull is really strong. I don't know if I can resist." "Hang on there, brother, we got an emergency team on the way. Meanwhile, remember last time you went on a CP binge? The long hours dumping files looking for the absolute file names so you could move it to the hard disk? The curses you wrote on the warantee registration card that got the Postmaster General on your case for using the mails to promote obscenity? How about all that time you spent trying to find the key disk validation routine to defeat it? And what about your keyboard? Last time it almost left you because you became so abusive. It is really worth it for one fix of unCRACKable software?" Well, what do you all say. Can we really boycott the copy protectors? Can we put this evil menance out of our lives? Or will we turn our beloved country into a police state? If anyone can do it, we on the net can. Mark Huth
mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (12/10/88)
mph@behemoth.UUCP (Mark Huth) writes: > >... > > > >The people arguing for copy protection can simply go to hell. I paid > >$25 for this program and I have the right to use it in any manner I > >please. > > Unforunately, you probably did not pay $25 for this program and you > probably do not have the right to use it anyway that you please. > > You probably bought a license to use the program in the the manner > specified in the license. With the exceptions of certain "fair use" > extension to those rights, you don't have the right to use the program > in any other manner. If the software has a license, it cannot be found anywhere on the disks, packaging or documentation. Also missing is the phone number of Three-Sixty Software. I noticed that when copying the software to the HD, Copy stumbled on a file whose name was all spaces...sound familiar? Time for a session with NewZap. --M -- Michael Portuesi / Information Technology Center / Carnegie Mellon University INET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu / BITNET: mp1u+%andrew.cmu.edu@cmccvb UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ "I'm very sorry, Master, but that WAS the backup system" -- Slave
sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) (12/10/88)
In article <1613@behemoth.UUCP> mph@behemoth.UUCP (Mark Huth) writes: >You probably bought a license to use the program in the the manner >specified in the license. With the exceptions of certain "fair use" >extension to those rights, you don't have the right to use the program >in any other manner. I'm curious. Has the "shrink wrap" license stood up in court? If, for example, someone can't read and breaks the wrap on some software, is he bound to that license even though he hasn't signed anything? Here in KY, a contract isn't a contract until you have two John Hancocks, but then again a contract isn't a license either. Sean -- *** Sean Casey sean@ms.uky.edu, sean@ukma.bitnet *** Who sometimes never learns. {backbone site|rutgers|uunet}!ukma!sean *** U of K, Lexington Kentucky, USA ..where Christian movies are banned. *** ``You gotta love that!''