On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:06:00PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> It should be noted in passing that the code in question is not copy
> _protection_, but rather copy control (or obstruction). It doesn't
> aim to protect your copies at all. Rather, it aims to block at the
> technical level your exercise of various legitimate rights, including
> backup.
I've bought UFO:Enemy Unknown three or four times, and various other games
are in many degrees of uselessness. Grim Fandango won't work on any newer
operating system than Win95 OSR2 without using Blind CD Read (or
something) to make an *installable* game. Copy protection schemes have,
in short, ruined my experience with games :/
Lots of good reasons to look sites to get game copy information.
> The concept of this sort of thing as "protection" comes from the
> same great minds that gave us the term "enhanced radiation weapon",
> meaning "atomic blast designed to cook people to death".
I want that for The Sims, thank you. I got the jail pack, and one-way
teleporters. Now I can invite neighbours over for a barbecue..indoor..
--
O- Nny, mad modder
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