Re: How can you tell if a game CDROM is copy protected?
From: DaveW (none_at_zero.org)
Date: 02/11/04
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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:51:16 GMT
Yes, what you describe are the symptoms of a copy-protected disc. It's not
fair, but some companies do it to prevent kids from sharing the game with
their friends. :(
-- DaveW "My Kids Mom" <mammatomykids@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:edb16954.0402092357.3dd40e0d@posting.google.com... > Do you know how to tell if a CDROM game is copy protected? > Do you know how I can make a legitimate backup of Barbie? > -- > I just bought for my kids through Schoolastic Magazine > the single $20 CDROM titled Horse Adventures Mystery Ride > branded by Barbie Software, published by Vivendi Universal Games, > developed by Blue Monkey Studios, designed by RenderWare, & > licensed by Mattel New Media. > > Immediately, since the kids destroy everything, I made the > obligatory backup CDROM, put away the original, and tried to > install & play using that single CDROM backup. No go. > > The original works. But, none of the backups work. They start > up, but, the game does not seem to play. There is no error > message when making the backup. Nor is there an overt error > message when attempting to play the legitimate backup. > > There is absolutely no mention on the box of any restriction > on use which indicates any copy protection limiting my legal > use of a backup. Nor is there anything about that deficiency in > the instruction manual. I haven't yet complained to the toll-free > customer service (866)719-2894 or technical support (866)428-5675 > numbers ( http://support.vugames.com ) because I don't know yet > if I did something wrong or if they are the ones who did something > wrong (by limiting my legitimate right to a backup copy). > > My question is: > Do you know how to tell if this CDROM game is copy protected? > Do you know how I can make a legitimate backup of this CDROM?
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