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- From: barrett@cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,rec.games.video.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: A simple solution (was Re: Pirating on the CD32)
- Date: 14 Feb 1994 20:29:21 GMT
-
- I don't see why everybody is so worked up about CD^32 piracy,
- because the solution is very simple.
-
- CD^32 programs are distributed on CD-ROM discs, which are "read-only"
- by definition. Legitimate users and pirates uses these discs differently.
- The users execute the programs and have hours of fun playing "Bonky The
- Gerbil" and other whizzy games. On the other hand, pirates simply read the
- data from these discs and put it onto hard drives, floppies, tattooed onto
- their butt cheeks, etc.
-
- So as you can see, users EXECUTE the programs, and pirates merely
- READ them. Notice the discrepancy? Thus, I propose a new disc standard
- called "CD-XOM", (for "eXecute-Only Memory"), to provide programs that are
- executable, but not readable. Simple, eh?
-
- Until this new standard comes out, Amiga CD-ROM vendors can frustrate
- pirates by careful use of the Amiga "protect" command. Just do a
-
- 1> PROTECT #? e ALL
-
- to set all your files' protections to "execute only", and then press your
- CD-ROMs. Watch the pirates snarl in anger as they attempt to copy your CD
- and see the famous "Volume 'BonkyTheGerbil' is read-protected" requestor.
- The fools.
-
- Dan
-
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- Copyright 1994 by Daniel J. Barrett. All rights reserved.
- This article may be freely distributed as long as it is distributed in its
- entirety. It may not be included in any publication without the written
- permission of the author. So nyaaah.
-