At 07:56 PM 7/10/02 +0200, Peter Castine wrote: >To those wishing to cite Coda as a counter-example: for years Finale had >a very effective copy-protection in the form of its manual. Not >unbreakable, but inconvenient for pirates while convenient and even >helpful for license-holders. The CD format was also reasonable CP (until >CD burners became more wide-spread than diskette drives). So, I think >it's fair to say that Finale has had some kind of copy-discouragement >scheme in place for most of its existence.
Peter, you're in the Rod Serling zone again. I have a computer full of software, none of it protected, and like Cakewalk, these companies have been around along as those scared-bunny companies with all their chains and locks. >But even with non-CP software, you depend on the company to stay in >business. [snip] Yes, archiving is a big issue. And yes, I walk away from companies that make it harder. And talk people out of buying that stuff. >Even dumping to audio formats, while showing somewhate greater longevity >than computer software, is not going to last as long as the Rosetta >Stone. But we had this discussion over on CEC not so long ago. I posted a followup essay about that discussion: http://maltedmedia.com/books/papers/sl-archv.html >I prefer Cycling 74's practice of simply giving a second authorization to >a licensee on request, on the (reasonable but generous) assumption Why do you love these fascist companies? How in the world do you justify that word "generous"? It's your money! Yi yi yi! Maybe you and many other software customers are just used to being treated that way, and have forgotten what it's like not to be a victim. >>From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>I have always been philosophically opposed to protection because it treats >>me as if I were a criminal > >Civics 101: "Innocent until proven guilty" applies in criminal law. English 101: "it treats me as if I were a criminal" ;-) Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
