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Subject: Re: Copy protection policy for chess software

Author: Keith Ian Price

Date: 09:32:23 11/03/97

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On November 02, 1997 at 10:38:10, Moritz Berger wrote:

>I would like to hear your opinion about the main argument to justify
>copy protection with a dongle (paraphrased in my own words):

>Please treat this as a quick opinion poll, I don't want to exchange
>arguments about the various issues with the dongle here but instead
>simply try to quantify
>* how many users find a dongle acceptable
>* how many find the dongle unacceptable
>* if there are more lost sales due to the dongle than it potentially
>saves by preventing piracy
>
>
>Moritz

I enjoyed Fritz so much that I was about to buy ChessBase until I found
out that they use a dongle. I will hold off purchasing it until the copy
protection is similar to Rebel's, or not at all. CD Refeuling like Fritz
is also ok.

kp



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