You have made a very good point! I should have remembered that many
games do use locking systems. Thank you!
>From: "David Truong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Jfw authorization disk. Is it good for the blind?
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 07:54:22 +1000
>
>Hi Peter,
>If you go to the everlock web site:
>http://www.az-tech.com
> and look at their information, there are mainstream products such as
games
>that use the copy protection method that hj do. Think about it, if the
>company who makes the copy protection schemes relied on adaptive
technology
>as their main source of income then they would not be able to survive.
>Which is why logically I would believe that there must be mainstream
>companies who use the same copy protection as the adaptive technology
>companies do.
>
>Kind regards, David Truong
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Peter donahue
>Sent: Thursday, 25 March 1999 1:03
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Jfw authorization disk. Is it good for the blind?
>
>
> Good morning listers,
>
> I just came in from taking the dog out for his morning airing and
while he
>was relieving himself I had a thought on this whole authorization
scheeme.
>Does anyone know how wide-spread the use of these scheemes are? The
only
>software packages I've seen that employ this type of protection scheeme
is
>adaptive software for the blind. I understand that Kurvweil used to
use
>this scheeme but they discontinued using it probably due to prompting,
and
>perhaps some soul searching on the part of their staff and software
>developers. It is my understanding that Window Bridge employs this
>scheeme as well. Again these are software packages for the blind. I
for
>one have not seen this kind of protection scheeme used by any
developers of
>main-stream software nor do I constantly read front-page headlines of
>software poiracy. And there is a lot of that going on out there among
John
>Q. Public.
>
> This leads me to question whether or not the use of this protection
>scheeme is sending the wrong message to the public about the abilities
and
>the capibilities of the blind. Does it assume wrongly that blind
people
>are more likely to become software poirates and that we can not be
trusted
>with unprotected software not to mention the inconveeniences this use
of
>this scheeme can cause some individuals? What does the use of this
>protection scheeme say to potential employers about the abilities of
blind
>workers; particularly those looking for work in the computer fields?
It
>seems to me that in it'sown way the use of this scheeme tells them to
watch
>out foor their top technical secretes. They have blind computer
thieves
>working for them who are likely to distribute closely guarded secretes,
and
>software to the public at large. You and i know that this is far from
the
>truth. The use of this protection method could in the long run be
doing us
>more harm than good. While it is protecting HJ's business in the
long
>run it could be hurting employment and educational opportunities for
the
>users of their products. It seems to me that if Kurzweil can take the
leap
>of faith and do away with the use of authorizations on their products
then
>HJ should take a hard look at this question and consider doing
likeewise.
>Someone suggested that HJ require that perchasers of their products
sign a
>contract saying that they will not freely distribute JFW or any other
>packages produced by them. However we should keep in mind that many
>main-stream software packages display a warning notice that potential
users
>are encouraged to read before they are given access to the software.
They
>speciffically state that agreeing not to distribute their software is
a
>term of the licensing agreement for the use of these packages and it
simply
>stops there. Beyond that point it's a matter of trust and respect on
the
>part of the software manufacturer. The shareware version of Winzip
is
>one such package. The use of a special contract as suggested by my
>friend could havethe same negative effect as would the use of the
>authorization disk.
>
> While I will not play shoot-em-up up here over this issue I do believe
>that HJ should take a good hard look at this issue and consider an
>alternative that protects their business while at the same time
promotes a
>positive attitude about the abilities and the capibilities of the
blind.
>Now that I've aired out my brain I'm going to give the dog some water
ande
>have some New England clam chowder for brunch. Talk to you later.
>
>Peter Donahue
>We're headed for the future and the future's Now!
>"We're headed for the future"
>"Dreamer"
>
>Peter donahue
>
>
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