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- From: lam@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Ken Lam)
- Subject: Re: Copy Protection Information
- References: <18580@mindlink.bc.ca> <Dec16.161828.77101@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:37:08 GMT
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- millerje@CS.ColoState.EDU (Jeff Miller) writes:
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- >In article <18580@mindlink.bc.ca> Marc_North@mindlink.bc.ca (Marc North) writes:
- >>Apologies if this is in the FAQ... (and if it's vague, too)
- >>
- >>Can someone please point me to where I can find information about how to
- >>implement a copy protection system into my programs? I've searched high and
- >>low, both electronically and in print media and I cannot seem to find any
- >>references to even concepts, let alone specific techniques in this matter.
- >>
- >>My aim is to include some sort of code into my program that would, ideally,
- >>render any unauthorized copy of an executable unusable.
-
- >Perhaps this should be in the FAQ...
-
- >The general consensus is that copy protection DOESN'T WORK. Plain and simple.
- >You could put multiple layers of protection and someone somewhere will be
- >able to break in. There are many good alternatives which I will leave as an
- >exercise for the reader to figure out.
-
- I totally agree. In the age of networks, copy protected stuff doesn't work.
- Most network administrators will say, what? Copy Protection on this software?
- RETURN IT!!!! Some workstations don't even have floppies/hard drives.
-
- I work with a image processing piece of software worth a over $20K and it has
- protection (this is on a SUN SPARC workstation), I'm so peeved at it that
- the company is going to get some bad press real soon. This software is very
- powerful, but a 40 character codeword to get it to go is a bit crazy.
-
- Ken
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