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Dear BBD,
I am an eighth grade student at Cope Jr. High and an amateur programmer.
This year for my science project I am learning about different methods of
protecting software from hackers. I would like to know what kind of
security your programs use to protect them from being copied.
^RNaji Norder
^RBossier City, LA
>We despise copy protection as much as we despise those who freely copy our
>software and make it available to the public. Big Blue Disk relies on our
>subscribers' moral integrity to keep our software from being copied. We
>don't use any on-disk or off-disk copy protection.
>A complete answer to your question would be beyond the scope of this forum.
>I suggest you drop by your local library or bookstore and find a good book on
>the subject.
>Remember most sophisticated users HATE, DESPISE, LOATH, MAKE RUDE GESTURES
>TOWARDS copy protection. It does nothing but get in the way of what could
>have been a great program.
>Let me just get on my soapbox for a moment.
>The sad truth is that there will always be users who have no regard for
>another's work and will copy it for free distribution. Therefore, there will
>always be copy protection. Some of these leaches even make them available on
>their bulletin boards (BBS) and charge users to get them. We have documented
>proof of several such cases. One BBS has the guts to actually advertise that
>they are the biggest, best, and nicest board in the land while hiding the
>largest pirate section I have ever seen. I won't name any names yet, but the
>court case that we and many other MAJOR software publishers are building will
>shut them down for good and expose them for the slime that they are. I'm
>sorry to be so emotional about this subject, but these losers are keeping
>food from my children's mouth. While I'm not a person who carries a grudge,
>I am looking forward to retribution in this case.
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