Robbie wrote:

> [ How can a serious development project begin when there's a
> [ big possibility of losing the investment to illicit copies?

I am still looking for that program that prohibits the copy of disks, but
the problem doesn't end with simple disk copying; once the files are on
the hard drive anyone may then copy from the HD to new floppies.  This
precludes creating any say "stock O-roll layout" arrangements to compete
with the cost of regular recut O-rolls.

In my case, I must then charge custom arrangement fees specifically for
an individual instrument.  Of course, those disks can be copied, but the
arrangements are only usable by a specific instrument's layout; and I
doubt that the owner would want to share them with others for free, when
they had to pay a custom fee for them.

Looking for a solution,

S. K. Goodman

 [ It's a grim scenario, all right.  An encrypted disc file could be
 [ processed by a proprietary program, but once the signal is sent
 [ to the playing device (synth or solenoid piano) the MIDI data on
 [ the wireline is easily recorded by a second computer.
 [ -- Robbie