This is how the trend will continue and wrong or right AACS won't be stopping anyone that's trying to circumvent copy protection. It will only limit the average user that has no idea what AACS is.
"This is how the trend will continue and wrong or right AACS won't be stopping anyone"
If having AnyDVD on your computer was a crime for which your computer would be seized and you'd spend 1 year in jail, I think AACS would work just fine at stopping almost everyone.
The reason DRM is failing now is that it costs nothing to attempt to circumvent it, so of course people will continue to do that.
If it wasn't a crime to try to sneak a bomb onto an airplane, and 10,000 Americans tried to do it every day, we would have planes exploding on a weekly basis. That doesn't mean it's foolish to have metal detectors in airports.
Don't misinterpret me, I don't want harsh laws, I'm just pointing out that they're a real possibility, and that they would keep DRM alive and well.
Wait... let me get this straight. You're comparing circumventing copy protection to blowing up planes. I'm sorry but I don't believe they are comparable and also people don't avoid blowing up planes because its a crime. Now let me counter your points on DRM. The recent revision to the AACS protection was cracked a week before it came out therefore it is not alive and well. It is actually on deaths doorstep if we are using metaphors. Also, circumventing copy protection can land you in jail for more than a year especially if your distributing large quantities and yet this is still not stopping anyone. In fact I think that copied movies are more common today then they were 5 years ago from major distributors. I live in NY and I see this everyday and with amounts that would easily land anyone in jail. Finally, copy protection is not circumvented because it is free to do. It is circumvented because people want the freedom to do what they please with the media that they purchased, whether those decisions are morally and legally right or wrong.
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This is how the trend will continue and wrong or right AACS won't be stopping anyone that's trying to circumvent copy protection. It will only limit the average user that has no idea what AACS is.
"This is how the trend will continue and wrong or right AACS won't be stopping anyone"
If having AnyDVD on your computer was a crime for which your computer would be seized and you'd spend 1 year in jail, I think AACS would work just fine at stopping almost everyone.
The reason DRM is failing now is that it costs nothing to attempt to circumvent it, so of course people will continue to do that.
If it wasn't a crime to try to sneak a bomb onto an airplane, and 10,000 Americans tried to do it every day, we would have planes exploding on a weekly basis. That doesn't mean it's foolish to have metal detectors in airports.
Don't misinterpret me, I don't want harsh laws, I'm just pointing out that they're a real possibility, and that they would keep DRM alive and well.
Wait... let me get this straight. You're comparing circumventing copy protection to blowing up planes. I'm sorry but I don't believe they are comparable and also people don't avoid blowing up planes because its a crime. Now let me counter your points on DRM. The recent revision to the AACS protection was cracked a week before it came out therefore it is not alive and well. It is actually on deaths doorstep if we are using metaphors. Also, circumventing copy protection can land you in jail for more than a year especially if your distributing large quantities and yet this is still not stopping anyone. In fact I think that copied movies are more common today then they were 5 years ago from major distributors. I live in NY and I see this everyday and with amounts that would easily land anyone in jail. Finally, copy protection is not circumvented because it is free to do. It is circumvented because people want the freedom to do what they please with the media that they purchased, whether those decisions are morally and legally right or wrong.