Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!news.service.uci.edu!unogate!mvb.saic.com!connected.com!beauty!rwing!eskimo!daedulus From: daedulus@eskimo.com (Erik Hermansen) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: CD-ROM copy protection Message-ID: Date: 16 Feb 94 06:01:48 GMT References: <2jb5sj$npn@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever Lines: 15 Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever I'd expect the cost of CD-ROM recorders and the service cost of CD-ROM recordings to go way down in the next few years--to the point that any Joe with not a wit of technical knowledge could pirate them with ease. And a lot of schools and businesses will start having recorders so that maybe it wouldn't cost certain people a dime to make a copy. Isn't there a federal law against computer software rentals? In Washington, at least it's illegal, though some of the sneakier stores offer easy payment plans with a non-refundable first installment, and they don't seem to mind if after the first three days you bring the software back. :>