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Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 14:55:02 -0700
From: vance (Vance Gloster)
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CC: imagine@email.sp.paramax.com, lightwave-l@netcom.com,
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In-reply-to: <9505032315.AA22547@epa.epa.ericsson.se> (epajjy@epa.ericsson.se)
Subject: Re: Copy Protection
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I'm looking at PC versions of Imagine, Lightwave and Animation Master.
Do any of these have some form of copy protection?
I've seen the word dongle mentioned in some mail. If I had 2 or more programs
would I have to have a dongle on top of a dongle on top of a dongle ... ?
Will this work ?
If there must (but preferably not) be some form of copy protection why not
try the method used by some PC-CD ROM games. All they require is that the
CD be in the drive. They then just check for the presence of the CD in the
drive before they will start. I dont find this form of copy protction too
intrusive and must be much cheaper than a dongle.
What do others think?
Animation Master does use a dongle. I do not use multiple dongles
myself, but a friend of mine does with no problems. I doubt that you
could find anyone who likes the dongle, but the CD-ROM solution has
its own set of problems. When I work with A:M I frequently load
bitmapped textures from CDs (I use the Pixar and Autodesk texture
libraries) and I would find needing to exit or reload the A:M CD even
more intrusive. Also, not all users of A:M have CD-ROM drives at this
point. But I support your effort to find a viable alternative to the
dongle!
-Vance Gloster
vance@netcom.com