PYC118@uriacc.uri.edu (Rasiel) (02/22/91)
Back in the days of nibblers and bit copiers I can see how copy-protecting a program might have delayed the 'casual' user from making zillions of illegal copies of his programs. But nowadays there are hardware copiers like the Supercard and the Synchro Express. I own a Supercard because I'm a disk paranoid and there is no program that it cannot copy. In light of this I just wonder what reason is there left to devote time and effort in making elaborate copy protection schemes on-disk when they can be so effortlessly replicated. If software companies are so hell-bent on copy-protect their software it seems logical to me that their best bet would be the manual password type out of a lengthy manual. Of course, there'll soon be the patches that take this annoying form of copy protection out as well but if the point is to stop the 'casual' or 'passive' pirate then it seems the most reasonable. Rasiel