#copyprotection — Public Fediverse posts

Even though Greaseweazle reads this Amiga disk of "Space Quest" without any issues with 100% valid sectors, there's still an on-disk copy protection scheme hidden inside there. I just ran into a crash trying to boot from the simple 880K ADF Amiga DOS disk image. 🥺

Fortunately, using a CT-RAW disk image, made from the .raw streams, worked just fine and started the game. 😉

#Amiga #CopyProtection #Greaseweazle #Preservation #VideoGame #80s #FloppyDisk #Diskette #Retro #RetroGaming #Emulation

"Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards". From 1987 for the IBM-PC!

Another set of beautiful A2R and HFE disk images from "floppyarchaeology". This one also has an on-disk copy-protection. Everything's working perfectly. This is fun! :computerfairies: 😆

Link: https://archive.org/details/leisure-suite-larry-sierra-1987

#Preservation #80s #80er #LeisureSuitLarry #SierraOnline #Sierra #Retro #RetroGaming #FloppyDisk #CopyProtection #MSDOS #IBMPC #DOS #PCDOS #DOSGaming #PCGaming #Applesauce #86Box

Nice! I just found working sets of "Applesauce A2R" and "HxC HFE" disk images of "Space Quest II" on the Internet Archive! As with many games from the 80s, these SQ2 disks are copy-protected! Their addition makes my collection even more EPIC! 😎

Link: https://archive.org/details/space-quest-ii-v-2.0-d-sierra

Preservation of retro games is important!

#Preservation #80s #80er #SpaceQuest #SierraOnline #Sierra #Retro #RetroGaming #FloppyDisk #CopyProtection #MSDOS #IBMPC #DOS #PCDOS #DOSGaming #PCGaming #Applesauce #86Box

We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1

#economy #PatronEconomy #CopyProtection #meetings #eventprofs

🚨 ALERT: A thrilling 11-minute journey into the heart of Go's "noCopy" struct—spoiler, it's just a couple of empty methods with misleading names. 🎩🔍 Who knew Go's idea of copy protection was a field trip to the land of no-ops? 😂 But hey, if struct copying keeps you up at night, this is your bedtime story. 🛌📖
https://func25.dev/posts/go-sync-nocopy/ #GoLang #noCopy #structs #programming #copyProtection #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated

Nur noch schnell ein paar AAX Audible Dateien knacken... damit der Tag nicht ZU unproduktiv wird. Sharing is caring! 😎 😉

#Audible #CopyProtection #Kopierschutz #Hörbücher #AudioBooks #Piracy #FFMPEG

You desperately want to play a classic version of SimCity for the IBM-PC or Commodore Amiga, but you don't want to use these ugly and unreadable, red copy protection sheets?! - Fear not! Here's a way better version of those "All Time High Scores" in clean black & white!

https://archive.org/details/simcity_high-scores

Have fun! 😉

#SimCity #CopyProtection #Maxis #Retro #RetroGaming #FloppyDisk #Diskette #90s #90er #Gaming #PCGaming #Amiga #Commodore

Art of Cracking at X 2026 Explains C64 Copy Protection
#Commodore64 #C64 #FairlightTV #PontusBerg #ArtOfCracking #X2026 #RetroComputing #C64Scene #CopyProtection #8BitComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/art-of-cracking-at-x-2026-explains-c64-copy-protection/?fsp_sid=9092

@duckz @whatkatiediduk @EUCommission It's because #Google incentivizes using #GooglePlay and it's #API|s for everythibg from #AccountLogin, #CopyProtection / #DRM & #InAppPutchases to #PushNotifications!

- Breaking Vanilla-#AOSP - compatibility is not an accident but intentional side-effect…

My virtual Amiga 500 has very strict views concerning floppy disks and their copy protection! 😎 :clippy: 😉

- Running SpaceQuest straight from the ADF disk image: "Go. Fuck. Yourself!"
- Running SpaceQuest from the same KryoFlux stream, but using the CT-RAW disk image: "MY FRIEND!!!"

Download-Link: https://archive.org/details/sq1_amiga

#SpaceQuest #Amiga #CopyProtection #WinUAE #Commodore #Emulation #FloppyDisk #Diskette #RetroGaming #80s #80er #SierraOnline

We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1

#economy #PatronEconomy #CopyProtection #meetings #eventprofs

Trying to make digital files uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet.
-- Bruce Schneier (Wired News (Sep, 07, 2006))

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BruceSchneier #CopyProtection

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Protest #MarchForOurLives #Florida

We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1

#economy #PatronEconomy #CopyProtection #meetings #eventprofs

Befreie gerade ein paar mehr meiner selbst gekauften Audible Hörbücher von ihrem Kopierschutz. Mit Hillfe von FFMPEG geht's vom geschützten AAX-Container ins freie MP3- und M4A-Format und danach auf meine Sicherungsplatte. Man sollte sich niemals auf die Cloud verlassen und immer lokale Backups erstellen! 😉

#Audible #AudioBook #Hörbuch #Medien #Backup #Cloud #CopyProtection #Crack #ffmpeg

@petko That problem also persists for physical media:

Even if one were to legally buy the DVD or blu-ray of CyberSix, one would still have the problem that it won't play outside the region it was released in.

- So >85% of all people cannot legally play the blu-ray version of CyberSix.

- OFC that problem doesn't apply to those that ~obtained~ it elsewhere...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray#Region_codes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

#CyberSix #CopyProtection #RegionCoding #Contentmafia #Enshittification #DRM

👾 Gather 'round, nerds, for the most thrilling bedtime story about C64 copy protection. This epic saga spans SIX volumes—because who doesn't love a good dissertation on floppy drive mechanics? 😴 Prepare to have your mind blown by the riveting adventures of the 1541 Drive, or maybe just take a nap instead. 💤
https://www.commodoregames.net/copyprotection/ #C64Stories #CopyProtection #FloppyDrive #RetroGaming #BedtimeNerds #HackerNews #ngated

C64 Copy Protection

https://www.commodoregames.net/copyprotection/

#HackerNews #C64 #Copy #Protection #CommodoreGaming #RetroGaming #CopyProtection #TechHistory

#CopyProtection: nice try #VCR industrie

I just got this new game called "Grand Monster Slam" for the Commodore Amiga and, initially, I had some issues dumping the -copy protected- floppy disk.
Luckily, after some tinkering, I finally got it working using the WinUAE 6.0.1 emulator and a virtual Amiga A500. This actually looks pretty sweet! 😜

#Amiga #Commodore #RetroGaming #RetroGames #80s #Retro #90s #WinUAE #Emulation #CopyProtection

We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1

#economy #PatronEconomy #CopyProtection #meetings #eventprofs

Thanks to a new upload by "lemonhead" and "Digitoxin", I could finally complete my personal floppy disk collection of the 1987 game "Larry Leisure Suit" for the IBM-PC, Version 1.0.

This game was copy protected, so it's always neat to have all kinds of disk image formats available. I just dumped and added my own TeleDisk image. It works!

If you're curious: Here's Digitoxin's collection of "Sierra On-Line" titles:
https://archive.org/details/20220303_20220303_0527

This. Is. AWESOME! Enjoy! 😉

#RetroComputing #LarryLeisureSuit #LLS #MSDOS #DOSGaming #PCGaming #80s #CopyProtection #FloppyDisk #Diskette #86Box #Emulation #TeleDisk

We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1

#economy #PatronEconomy #CopyProtection #meetings #eventprofs

Back in 1986 / '87, when I personally was still in Kindergarten, Two Guy from Andromeda created a fantastic graphic adventure game called "Space Quest". It became an instant hit and spawned several sequels.

Here's the original "Space Quest - Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter", Version 1.2 for Commodore Amiga. Including full KryoFlux streams, CT RAW and ADF disk images. Have fun!

https://archive.org/details/sq1_amiga

#RetroGaming #RetroGames #Amiga #SierraOnline #SpaceQuest #GraphicAdventure #CopyProtection #KryoFlux #FloppyDisk

After all this time, SimCity still is one of my favourite video games ever. And after all these years of collecting, I am still finding new stuff!

Today, I just came across a pristine copy protected disk image of SimCity v1.1 for the Amiga. That one will happily run the game without the need to get any codes from the manual. Also today, I found a slightly more modern version of the Terrain Editor documentation, where they removed the instructions for ATARI systems. "Imho" an interesting bit of gaming history!

Yep, I guess I'm a nerd. 😜

#SimCity #Amiga #Commodore #RetroGaming #RetroGames #CopyProtection #FloppyDisk #Diskette #Kopierschutz #Workbench

Well, considering this is my very first physical Amiga diskette with a full-on copy protection, everything went way better than expected. Easy peasy!

I managed to extract a perfect KryoFlux stream from the protected disk and its copy protection tracks! Also, the resulting "CT RAW" disk image plays perfectly fine in the latest WinUAE Amiga emulator. Great success! 😜

Have fun:
https://archive.org/details/ll1_amiga
https://archive.org/details/ll1_amiga_box

#LeisureSuitLarry #SierraOnline #Amiga #WinUAE #emulation #RetroGaming #RetroGames #KryoFlux #InternetArchive #FloppyDisk #CopyProtection

When it comes to my retro games collection, I am usually trying to find every variant and every available version of a game. Sometimes, this is pretty easy. For games like "Space Quest I - The Sarien Encounter", it is not.

I just added Version 2.2, Interpreter 2.426, 3.5" / 720K as a copy protected TeleDisk disk image. It works!

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #RetroGames #DOSGames #SpaceQuest #FloppyDisk #KryoFlux #Emualtion #86Box #SierraOnline #CopyProtection #TeleDisk #Preservation

Mr Wint’s Investigation Into The Games: Winter Edition’s Copy Protection
This is a deep one. As linked by one for the books over on Metafilter, a GitHub user with the username MrWint was looking at the code of the Olympics-like DOS minigame collection "The Games: Winter Edition." They wondered why it
https://setsideb.com/mr-wints-investigation-into-the-games-winter-editions-copy-protection/
#retro #copyprotection #dos #MrWint #retro #reverseengineering #TheGamesWinterEdition #USGold

Deep dive into how DOS games do copy protection by making themselves unwinnable

https://mrwint.github.io/winter/writeup/writeup.html

#HackerNews #DOSGames #CopyProtection #UnwinnableGaming #GamePreservation #RetroGaming

DRM is good for No One

DRM is good for No One

DRM is good for No One

I have some wonderful ebooks I can read them without any hitches on my bigger Androids
However on this small one Amazon Kindle refuses to download the books thus refuses to let me read them

#DRM #Amazon #Kindle #Prime #book #ebook #copyprotection