Anyone off to VCF-UK

[Philip Pemberton]

On 02/06/10 22:49, William Donzelli wrote:
>> Same as the analgesics packaging rules: if you make it inconvenient
>> to go around the rules, most people won't be bothered. Job done.
>
> Pretty much like the various copy protection systems software has used
> over the years.

But at least you can have fun reverse engineering those :)

Some of the ones I've seen must have been written by absolute 
masochists... or by someone with a mean streak a mile wide...

Also: anything that depends on a specific CPU clock rate? REALLY bad 
idea. It's amazing how many copy protection schemes get this little fact 
wrong.

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Phil.
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