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From: barrett@cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,rec.games.video.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: A simple solution (was Re: Pirating on the CD32)
Date: 14 Feb 1994 20:29:21 GMT
I don't see why everybody is so worked up about CD^32 piracy,
because the solution is very simple.
CD^32 programs are distributed on CD-ROM discs, which are "read-only"
by definition. Legitimate users and pirates uses these discs differently.
The users execute the programs and have hours of fun playing "Bonky The
Gerbil" and other whizzy games. On the other hand, pirates simply read the
data from these discs and put it onto hard drives, floppies, tattooed onto
their butt cheeks, etc.
So as you can see, users EXECUTE the programs, and pirates merely
READ them. Notice the discrepancy? Thus, I propose a new disc standard
called "CD-XOM", (for "eXecute-Only Memory"), to provide programs that are
executable, but not readable. Simple, eh?
Until this new standard comes out, Amiga CD-ROM vendors can frustrate
pirates by careful use of the Amiga "protect" command. Just do a
1> PROTECT #? e ALL
to set all your files' protections to "execute only", and then press your
CD-ROMs. Watch the pirates snarl in anger as they attempt to copy your CD
and see the famous "Volume 'BonkyTheGerbil' is read-protected" requestor.
The fools.
Dan
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Copyright 1994 by Daniel J. Barrett. All rights reserved.
This article may be freely distributed as long as it is distributed in its
entirety. It may not be included in any publication without the written
permission of the author. So nyaaah.