Ed Wong wrote,
| I dont want to start a thread on this, but I thought that SCMS was supposed
| to allow legitimate copying, but block "illegal" copying.
No, SCMS is supposed to "manage" copying, hence its name. It manages it very
poorly, prohibiting some copying that should be allowed and permitting some
copying that should be forbidden.
| So - whats the point of having SCMS anyway - the real "thieves" can get
| around it with a little effort (by buying pro stuff).
Exactly: it barely gives the pirates pause while it gets in the way of people
trying to edit and distribute material to which they do own the rights.
SCMS is even a bigger joke with MD, since by TOC-update evasion or TOC
cloning one can alter SCMS bits on recordable MDs even with consumer-grade
hardware.
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