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Re: Blizzard: Your CD Copy Protection stinks

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From: EurocomEnterta... Mark Hethering...
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 00:00
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Well, your second message removes the reason for you wanting a crack!

In your first message you state that there are only a few CDROMs in 
the building and you have to wait for the users of these PCs to go 
home. I assume this is after hours. Since this is when you wish to 
play the game, what is the problem?

As you may guess from my user name, we are a games developer and we 
have had similar responses to yours for our copy protection. 

You claim that it doesn't stop piracy. Correct, but it makes it more 
difficult, thereby reducing it. It also means that it will be some 
time after the release before the cracked versions appear. This gives 
those people who wish to remain within the law ample opportunity to 
purchase the game without being tempted by pirated copies.

Finally, when you get your cracked version, don't start demanding 
patches because of occasional glitches and crashes. You deserve no 
technical support or after sales support on a hacked version. This 
comment is not without basis. I have seen requests on the internet 
for a patch from ourselves to fix problems caused by the hackers who 
cracked one of our games.

You say that you are a software developer. I would be interested to 
know which kind of software. If is is industrial or application 
software then it has no bearing whatsover on this much different 
games software market. Piracy within different areas of the software 
industry does not normally cross over between the markets.

I thin that Blizzard should be congratulated for allowing 3 players 
to play from 1 CD. Not many publishers would so this.
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From: Eurocom_Enterta...@msn.com (Mark Hetherington)
Subject: Re: Blizzard:  Your CD Copy Protection stinks
Date: 1996/01/06
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