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Originally Posted by chunky_tesco
maybe caps could have a database list (a bit like the games one), listing all the dumped apps with version and revision numbers. this would show which versions have definitely been dumped and are 100% and unmodified.
Since *ALL* apps have no copy protection, the owner can quite easily adf his disk, safe in the knowledge it is 100%. This way caps can verify apps for the original owners, without the risky business of releasing ipfs. Also caps gets raw dumps which is probably very valuable for preservation puroposes.
Whether the dumps gets released as ipf can be something for the future....?
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Not to mention... Most apps are unprotected. If CAPS only send IPF files to the owner of the original, there is no additional distribution/piracy risk. (The owner could spread ADF images of the disks, so existence of IPF files doesn't matter either way.)
Maybe someone could make a list of apps which are still being sold? I doubt any copy-protected ones are still marketed.
-- M