Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!cauldron!ra.csc.ti.com!usenet From: duitz@mksol.dseg.ti.com Subject: Re: CD-ROM copy protection Message-ID: Sender: usenet@csc.ti.com Nntp-Posting-Host: duitz.dseg.ti.com Organization: Texas Instruments X-Newsreader: Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 18:33:54 GMT Lines: 19 In article rwilken@hubcap.clemson.edu (Robert D. Wilkens) writes: >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 First of all you dont "buy software" you buy a license to use the software. Most licensing agreements state that you cannot modify the software. If you do, it is a violation of the license and the copyright. Mitch duitz@mksol.dseg.ti.com