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- From: csg019@cch.coventry.ac.uk (-~=Zaphod=~-)
- Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
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- References: <Bx93tw.62C@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Nov5.201345.5803@bnr.ca> <Bx9n9K.943@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 13:48:01 GMT
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- In article <Bx9n9K.943@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> shulick@yankton.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:
- >Let's talk about realism. Do you realize how many pirates exist in the
- >world? Yes, QUITE a few. Astonishing amounts. Look, I hate to say it,
- >but turning one in won't do a lot of good. You could turn one in, but
- >maybe somewhere in the world, someone will say "I want a copy of that
- >game" and become a pirate. -1, +1. They sorta cancel out. Now maybe
- >the answer to anti-piracy is stricter punishment. Heavy copy protection
- >is out of the question, since the majority of the computer users despise
- >heavy copy protection. I don't have the answers. I just know that
- >turning in these people isn't going to solve anything. Thus my earlier
- >statement: It will only hurt the pirate, and it won't help anyone.
-
- Piracy has got a grip too much in the computer industry, i know loads of
- amiga owners, the only reason why most of them won't get a Super Nintendo
- is that they can't copy the games. Another thing about piracy is that is
- it so easy, just imagine you've waited for Andrew Braybrooks latest block
- buster, its finished, but it's not going to be released for another month,
- and your friend comes round to your house with a completely deprotected
- version, and for the price of a blank disk you can have a copy. Anyone
- who says they would not have a copy is:
-
- a..Telling lies.
- b..Out of disks.
- or
- c..Over 35 years old. :)
-
- Its no justification for it, but its the real world. I've never met any
- computer owner who has not pirated a game.
-
- As for protecting games, forget it, even the most heavily protected games
- (F19 sealth fighter 2 disks, 1 long sector per track, and plane ID sceme)
- take about 1 evening to crack - Alledgedly (sp?).
-
- Its always gonna be here.
-
- Sad, but true.
-
- -Steve
-
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