vijay chopra wrote:
On 19/06/07, *David Woodhouse* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I totally agree, however seeing as I have no intention of breaking the
spirit of the law (I may be breaching a technicality) I have no qualms
in using any software to break copy protection to make personal backups,
and supply it to others if requested. I regularly get told by friends
and family "my computer won't let me copy this DVD" my reply is either
to do it for them, or give them a CD with the appropriate tools on it.
I doubt that the BPI is likely to come after me as a pirate (Argghh!) as
I only back up for personal use, and only use file sharing services in
legal ways. The only thing I have downloaded unlawfully is an out of
print RPG book, that I would be happy to pay for, if only I could find
someone selling it!
Interesting business model called "The long tail" in Wired a while back.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail_pr.html
The flipside to that is when does it become a "normal" number again? I
translated the ACSS decryption key back into base10 if I were then to
perform various other mathematical functions on it would it stop being
the ACSS key? What if I needed that number for another purpose? I'm not
saying that posting an entire DVD in hex is OK, just asking questions.
Like I said, context.
You posted that number and even quoted the words "ACSS decryption code".
Problems with laws arise when you start enforcing them rigidly :)
Technology has no common sense. It's a bit like speeding. Technically doing
31mph in a 30 zone is illegal. No policeman would ever stop you (just) for that.
DRM, being technological, cannot turn a blind eye to the law. The law is
supposed to be a bit fuzzy.
David
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