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'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback Just make a few copies and play each one from the point the last one "fades"! When I read this it seemed obvious how to get around it - as every game has saved positions, and the word will get around what games have "fading" in them, before...
[October 15, 2003, 21:22]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback Pirates who find 3 copies too much effort? I suggest you are missing the point Anon Canada, not me. Saving $60-$100 by spending 80c worth of extra CDs and 30 mins more? Oh you're right, 90% of those that copy CD's would never do that.
[November 2, 2003, 22:05]
No Counterfit copies?????
Talkback The only reason they won't find any counterfit copies of Vista is that no one wants it. If I was MS I'd be more worried that I had no yet found any considering how many people are removing Vista in favour of XP.
[April 27, 2007, 13:50]
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[December 23, 2004, 9:15]
Adobe: Few eBook copies found
News In a federal courtroom in the US, ElcomSoft attorney Joseph Burton asked Thomas Diaz, a senior engineering manager at Adobe, whether his company tried to determine if there were illegal copies of eBooks, electronic versions of printed books, in...
[December 5, 2002, 11:27]
Win two copies of Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium
News We thought we'd mix a bit of fun software in to let you take advantage of all the great hardware that we are also giving away, and today's competition features two copies of Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium.
[December 20, 2005, 12:25]
Not all unlicensed windows copies are used by people with eye patches
Talkback I told her to call the store and ask them to sort it out because they shouldn't be distributing pirate copies or unlicensed windows boxes. My first reaction is if you are using pirated software than you should expect to be putting yourself at risk...
[December 5, 2007, 10:14]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback This sounds no different than normal other than allowing semi working versions of games to be made from copies. From the pirates perspective its simply another piece of protection to remove before repackaging the game ready for distribution over...
[October 14, 2003, 21:44]
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[April 20, 2009, 8:31]
Vista shifts 20 million copies
News Microsoft claims Windows Vista is off to a fast start, having sold more than 20 million copies since its 30 January consumer release. By comparison, in its first two months, Windows XP sold 17 million copies, Microsoft said.
[March 27, 2007, 10:43]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback lol Why would that stop pirates from buying the real thing? and cloning it?
[October 29, 2003, 10:13]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
News A protection system from Macrovision and British games developer Codemasters ensures that pirated copies of games slowly degenerate to the point where they become unusable -- players in car games will find they can no longer steer, games involving...
[October 14, 2003, 11:20]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback That would be a good idea if it was at all possible! I believe it is just impossible to stop pirates from countering all the new "great anti-copy ideas" the game companies can come up with.as you said in your article, this is just a cat and mouse...
[October 14, 2003, 12:09]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback I expect the pirates will produce cracks for protected games just as they do currently.
[October 14, 2003, 12:11]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback This is a bad thing as far as I am concerned. As a matter of routine I use some of the tools that allow you to make a copy of a CD and then run the copy while fooling the system into thinking that it is the original disk, or when that method fails...
[October 14, 2003, 14:25]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback Stupid idea! As always, the honest buyer will be annoyed (CD can be scratched, you can't backup, no way to use a cdrom emulator to get more than one drive, etc. But the pirates will soon go around the copy protection.
[October 14, 2003, 19:25]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback It had better "FADE" quickly - many games these days are so poor that most players will have become bored with it or finished it long before it fades. Ever rushed out to buy the latest mega hit only for it to sit on the shelf after the first week ?
[October 15, 2003, 12:21]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback I agree with the last post, but also game makers will not use this protection simply because it will force companys to put out quality products. However for the people that create games like Halflife or the Unreal Tournaments they could gain alot...
[October 15, 2003, 12:56]
'Taster' pirated copies lure gaming fans
Talkback Sure you may be able to just make a bunch of copies, but that requires you spending time burning each cd, remembering which one you used last, possibly having to re-install the game each time it fades, etc.
[October 28, 2003, 18:15]
Good fonts/color but bad for photos, slow on multiple copies
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[February 18, 2004, 8:57]
