still, xacesx, larians will have to stick to the protection to protect their work.
by the way, can u elaborate on the legality of the protection? i don't seem to get it.
No problem.
When you purchase software (a game for example), you purchase runtime code and the licence to run it. This is what you pay for. The law says, you can back up this runtime code, as a precaution to the software houses being liquidated, and being unable to replace your runtime code.
The law says they can protect their software, providing they don't violate the user rights (which is the statement above <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />). They could use a manual based protection (page 4, line 2, word 2) as this does not interfere with the back up. Sadly, most houses have decided not to bother with the user rights, and have opted to "cripple" the disc instead.
This type of proection doesn't wash with businesses (who insist on back ups), as most of them become heavily dependant on custom written software. If a business goes bust, and you're using some accounting software they've written, how will you reinstall it if your disc goes down? Theres no one to return it to, and no one gets piad in your business while your accounts are down, and you're wondering what to do about it.
Lets have CD keys, Manual protections or whatever, but nothing that interferes with the disc itself.
