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From: rwilken@hubcap.clemson.edu (Robert D. Wilkens)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: CD-ROM copy protection
Date: 12 Feb 94 16:17:17 GMT
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bwilliam@iat.holonet.net (Bill Williams) writes:
>So yes, jeff ivler, some CD-ROMs are designed deliberatley to disallow
>running copies from magneto optical cartridges and such.


But if someone can get the file onto magneto optical, they can probably
just as easily debug the software and remove the copy protection
checking code.  I believe when you buy software you have the right to
modify your own copy.

-- 
Robert D. Wilkens
Clemson University Computer Science Department