mph300
Two Thirds The Way There
join:2000-11-09
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Re: Another BBR attempt to justify music pirating
said by TKJunkMail  :This is about the 50th attempt over the last year by BBR to justify music pirating. I'd like to see the reasons that they think stealing music is a justified activity. I fail to see how this news article that BBR posted casts a light on BBR as justifying piracy.....
Anyway, if it can be protected, it can be broken......shift keys, sharpies, rip-burn-rip and "Hey, can I borrow a few hundred of your cds ole buddy!" come to mind:D
Useless sh*t if you ask me
Mike
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unigamer
join:2005-06-01
Henderson, NV
| The simple fact is, if it can be played or accessed publicly, beyond a small group of people, it cannot be secured, electronically or not. The keys, method to play it, etc. have to be somewhere, either in software or hardware, and they can be reverse engineered.
It really doesn't matter if you think piracy is right or not. I personally think that it is against the law, even if it's just civil liability. But just because something isn't a crime, doesn't mean someone won't do it... People jaywalk all the time, after all. (On both, I plead the 5th...  )
The reason good cryptosytems (PGP, GnuPG, etc... something beyond garden variety WinZip! LOL) can keep data secure (assuming they're used right) is because the key can be kept secure - it's often in the heads of only one or a few people. But to protect a public work that way - that key has to be available to the player somehow, not in someone's head. Hence my point. |
