re how to the disks copy protected in article ra hrinn ni dolphin zoo cs yale edu stone andy cs yale edu andy stone writes subject re how to the disks copy protected i wrote a commercial program called game maker can you guess what it does what we do is have a document protect answer question on page x line y which is a real pain we also allow the user to register by sending in a card and computing a based on their name the system works in that we ve gotten lots of registration cards i hear that the program has been cracked though someone two people actually called up my support one with a question the other wanting to buy our graphics libraries right anyway if anyone wants to help me catch a cracker and has the cracked version mail me i won t accuse you unless you re the cracker of course i know of at least one ftp site from which you can download the cracks of about any commercial game in existence the names of the companies yes companies are also blatantly advertised with the crack codes according to them it is not illegal at least in the usa according to a statute or something to remove the copy protection from any program the only condition is that you may only use this code on legally owned software for your own convenience if there is any interest i will download the advertisement of one such company i will not give the name of this ftp site to anyone even if only to protect the companies which wrote the original games disclaimer i do not condone the use or cracking of any programs i believe it hurts the industry and individuals in the long run on the subject of copy protection most pirates don t give a damn about using software on which the name of the registered owner came up on starting the program they just don t have a conscience gerrit
