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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/PL5Qd11Bbfo/software-piracy-is-vital-to-pr.html
Software piracy is vital to preservation
A PC World editorial by Benj Edwards recounts the history of "copy protection*" for software, and discusses how the cracks-scene, which busted open these software locks, is the only reason the legacy of old software is available today. There's a trite story about the persistence of paper and the ephemerality of bits, which goes something [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/PL5Qd11Bbfo/software-piracy-is-vital-to-pr.html
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