On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Glenn Saunders wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Keith Henrickson wrote:
> > Prevents incompetent pirates from stealing software and the
> > legitimate user from using it. Considered silly.
>
> I know disk-based copy protection is often a real bother to the end user
> (i.e. dongles, having to plug in code numbers etc...) but how does
> cartridge copy protection keep legitimate users from playing the game???
I guess I was focusing on the 'considered silly' and 'incompetent pirates'
part. If the 2600 can read it, anyone interested in stealing it can read
it. That's a fact of copy protection. All it does is add another set of
hassles for someone wanting to figure out how the code works, if just to
learn from it.
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