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Copy protection?

    24-May-94 21:42:37
Sb: #82409-Copy protection?
Fm: Charles Blaquiere 76046,1756
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
John, So far, the most appealing scenario is the following: no hardware protection — copy protection in the form of an initial password check (a word from the manual, or that package's license number, with check digits of course), then nothing. But if the software detects a change in its location on disk, it goes through the initial routine again. I personally would not mind going through the motions each time I defragmented my hard disk. (How many people do that more than a few times a year?) Seems like a nice balance between protecting against casual pirates, keeping manufacturing/retail costs down, not aggravating legitimate users, and avoiding potential multi-dongle fiascos. My 2 cents' worth. (2.70 cents US) Blaq!