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#CD-ROM copy protection

    20-Mar-93 01:30:02
Fm: Rich Bowers/OPA 71333,1114
To: Larry Blume 76476,2464
Larry: In the case of Adobe that you mentioned, you don't really want each disc to be unique. You want each un-lockable section to be uniquely un-lockable in a way known only to you. Then, when your customer wants to buy a font, or a piece of software, or whatever, you can give them a code which your software understands allows access to only that portion of the disc. This is the way to get around the issue that – by definition – all discs mastered from a single master, are exactly alike. Hope this helps! Best – Rich