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Mysteries Of The CDRW and Backups Revealed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-seeing-double dept.

Talinom writes "Tom's Hardware has a story that details information regarding some of the new (and old) copy protection schemes out there, as well as results from several different CDRW drives. There are a lot of sites devoted to this topic, but Tom's is usually rather thorough."

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  1. What I really don't understand... by Suicide · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is why companies even try these days... All "copy protection" even accomplishes these days is to punish the legitimate customers, preventing honest people from making personal backups.

    Need to copy a game? GameCopy World to the rescue. Just use a modified executable, and presto, no problems with using a copy.

    Those of us that do "pirate" (I want an eye-patch and a cutlass if I get this title) software easily find a way around the protections. Except my mother, who somehow manages to keep damaging her game cds, is unable to make a personal backup because of the crazy restrictions. I honestly want to know if these companies realize that they are only punishing honest customers, and no one else.