al1f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andy A. Lee) (05/09/89)
In article <4319f0b1.14d09@gtephx.UUCP>, ahmeda@gtephx.UUCP (Aftab Ahmed) writes: >...but you can get most other copy protected programs from your friends >using programs like Copy 2 Mac. Are you saying that, the publisher of >Copy 2 Mac is breaking the law by providing a instrument for pirates to use?? When an user opens a shrink-wrapped Copy II Mac disk, he/she has agreed to all terms and conditions listed in the manual. One of these terms is that Copy II Mac is restrictly for personal backups only. If the user decides to pirate using Copy II, then he/she has violated his/her agreement with Central Point Software (publisher of Copy II). Therefore CPS is not responsible for the piracy. However, public posts of deprotection information has no such agreement between the readers and authors. Informations are given unconditionally to readers. Andy A. Lee al1f+@andrew.cmu.edu Disclaimer: Relax, this is just a transcript of my brain wave.