kenney@hsi86.hsi.com (Brian Kenney) (11/15/90)
In article <2347@sparko.gwu.edu> fc156111@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A. Waire Jr.) writes: >the people who buy the game are being punished. I went ahead and typed up >the information (about half an hour or so) so I wouldn't need to have the >manual on hand all the time. Though as it turns out, I need the manual most >the time anyway... I have started to do the same for the copy protection sheet that comes with SimCity. I got one page done so far. I will definitely finish it, because I would be so pissed if I ever misplaced that stupid sheet! They make the darn thing so dark so it can't be photocopied, but it also makes it hard to read unless you're reading it in a well lit room. (I was briefly considering posting the file, but I'm sure that would be a definite no-no.) --bri -- Brian Kenney kenney@hsi.com 3M Health Information Systems Wallingford, CT
denden@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dennis H Chang) (11/16/90)
I'm sure someone who owns either game and is handy with a disassembler could
easily remove the copy protection. I mean, for gods sake, pirates have been
doing things like that in their sleep for years.
It involves putting a couple nulls in a couple places. Why doesn't some
programmer just post the crack?
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Philip Wonghale@scam.Berkeley.EDU (Greg Hale) (11/22/90)
In article <6890@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> denden@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dennis H Chang) writes: >I'm sure someone who owns either game and is handy with a disassembler could >easily remove the copy protection. I mean, for gods sake, pirates have been >doing things like that in their sleep for years. >It involves putting a couple nulls in a couple places. Why doesn't some >programmer just post the crack? > I don't think it is a question of ease. I don't think anyone who overcomes that sort of protection should let the world know how. It's like telling people how to pick locks... sure, maybe you locked yourself out of your house, but most people who pick locks aren't picking their own locks. Now, I suppose you might complain about the companies who put such protection in, but why do they have to do it in the first place? I don't think it's an easy question, but if the author/publisher puts some form of protection in, it is there for a reason. If you don't like it, let the publisher/author know. That's the only way things will change. Sure, we could all have password-free software - on cartriges. Maybe someone will design a cartrige-based distribution system for the Mac, and then we will all be out on a limb. :( Oh, well. These may be my opinions. They change from day to day... Flames to /dev/null. O; \\// Greg 'All Black Stones Die' Hale, alias "The Leprechaun Guy" &-- o----o Internet: hale@scam.Berkeley.EDU (128.32.138.1) |\. \__/ UUCP: ...!ucbvax!scam!hale (415) 601-7500 "Shodan"