DVD DRM row sparks user rebellion
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Question: How many have the code on their OWN web site? The digg story has created quite some creativity how to spread the code onto publicly available places. Cool and all. digg giving in to the evil DRM drones, bad and all. But forcing digg and others to fight the fight? I think for the goal of availability of the code, it's the best way. But still, the outrage and the backpatting has a slightly bitter taste.
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09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0 :rolleyes:
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Question: How many have the code on their OWN web site? The digg story has created quite some creativity how to spread the code onto publicly available places. Cool and all. digg giving in to the evil DRM drones, bad and all. But forcing digg and others to fight the fight? I think for the goal of availability of the code, it's the best way. But still, the outrage and the backpatting has a slightly bitter taste.
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While this "rebellion" was taking place last night, all I could think of was this[^].
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The nerve of people who think that they are entitled to have HD movies for free is very much like the illegal aliens who think they are entitled to U.S. citizenship simply because they made it across the border.
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Once I got to "Attempts to gag the blogosphere", and finished pumping the remains of my stomach, I promptly moved on. The blogosphere. A dumber name I can't think of.
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While this "rebellion" was taking place last night, all I could think of was this[^].
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Hilarious! :)
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The nerve of people who think that they are entitled to have HD movies for free is very much like the illegal aliens who think they are entitled to U.S. citizenship simply because they made it across the border.
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I thought it was about being able to play legally purchased movies without having to pay for new hardware simply to comply with some DRM scheme that offers no tangible benefit to consumers. I hardly ever watch movies though, let alone buying DRM-ridden stuff, so I might be wrong about that.
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The nerve of people who think that they are entitled to have HD movies for free is very much like the illegal aliens who think they are entitled to U.S. citizenship simply because they made it across the border.
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Richie308 wrote:
The nerve of people who think that they are entitled to have HD movies for free is very much like the illegal aliens who think they are entitled to U.S. citizenship simply because they made it across the border.
The issue over the DRM key has nothing to do with wanting the disc for free - it has to do with wanting to watch the movie YOU BOUGHT on a device other than the DVD player the content producers tell you you can play it on. Thus, the big row over iTunes and iPod lockin and why Steve Jobs is pushing the music industry to sell music online without DRM.
Cheers, Patrick
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The nerve of people who think that they are entitled to have HD movies for free is very much like the illegal aliens who think they are entitled to U.S. citizenship simply because they made it across the border.
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Richie308 wrote:
people who think that they are entitled to have HD movies for free
That's what RIAA and MPAA want you to think. Removing DRM != stealing
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Richie308 wrote:
people who think that they are entitled to have HD movies for free
That's what RIAA and MPAA want you to think. Removing DRM != stealing
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Michael Dunn wrote:
That's what RIAA and MPAA want you to think. Removing DRM != stealing
So I guess you won't mind at all if I remove any and all limitations from PimpFish, and freely distribute it to whomever I please for no charge and with no compensation to you. Plus, I'll have your complete blessing to reverse engineer it, and include its functionality in MY application, also with no compensation to you.
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Michael Dunn wrote:
That's what RIAA and MPAA want you to think. Removing DRM != stealing
So I guess you won't mind at all if I remove any and all limitations from PimpFish, and freely distribute it to whomever I please for no charge and with no compensation to you. Plus, I'll have your complete blessing to reverse engineer it, and include its functionality in MY application, also with no compensation to you.
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I see you've learned you're debating skillz on Slashdot. Clever stuff :)
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Michael Dunn wrote:
That's what RIAA and MPAA want you to think. Removing DRM != stealing
So I guess you won't mind at all if I remove any and all limitations from PimpFish, and freely distribute it to whomever I please for no charge and with no compensation to you. Plus, I'll have your complete blessing to reverse engineer it, and include its functionality in MY application, also with no compensation to you.
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So now stealing == "anything you don't want to happen"? Fantastic! :rolleyes:
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So now stealing == "anything you don't want to happen"? Fantastic! :rolleyes:
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No, I've just exposed the double standard of some people who make their livings via intellectual property, yet who disrespect the IP rights of others.
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I see you've learned you're debating skillz on Slashdot. Clever stuff :)
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No, I've just exposed the double standard of some people who make their livings via intellectual property, yet who disrespect the IP rights of others.
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Michael Dunn wrote:
That's what RIAA and MPAA want you to think. Removing DRM != stealing
So I guess you won't mind at all if I remove any and all limitations from PimpFish, and freely distribute it to whomever I please for no charge and with no compensation to you. Plus, I'll have your complete blessing to reverse engineer it, and include its functionality in MY application, also with no compensation to you.
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It seems that there are two arguments here. 1. I want to exercise my fair use rights to enjoy the media that I have purchased in the privacy of my own home in the manner of my choosing. 2. I want to distribute and download copyrighted materials on the 'Net without compensation to the copyright holders. The problem is that most people believe that (1) should be legal, but the DMCA makes it illegal. (2) has already been illegal for a very long time - even before the DMCA. The RIAA / MPAA are trying to link (1) and (2) together - they want the people who want (1) to be treated like the criminals who want (2). They do this by saying that (1) invariably leads to (2). Of course, there is ample evidence that the conclusion the RIAA / MPAA try to draw is false. One such source follows. We developed a data set of 312 popular movies and located one or more samples of 183 of these movies on file sharing networks, for a total of 285 movie samples. 77% of these samples appear to have been leaked by industry insiders. Most of our samples appeared on file sharing networks prior to their official consumer DVD release date. Indeed, of the movies that had been released on DVD as of the time of our study, only 5% first appeared after their DVD release date on a web site that indexes file sharing networks, indicating that consumer DVD copying currently represents a relatively minor factor compared with insider leaks. Source: http://lorrie.cranor.org/pubs/drm03.html[^] So, using this logic in the argument that you gave, you'd be free to use PimpFish however you want provided you pay for it. However, that still does not give you a license to freely distribute it - that would still be considered copyright infringement.
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No, I've just exposed the double standard of some people who make their livings via intellectual property, yet who disrespect the IP rights of others.
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Congratulations! You've learned the classic techniques of "Cut and Paste". Welcome to the Windows Power User's club!
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No, I've just exposed the double standard of some people who make their livings via intellectual property, yet who disrespect the IP rights of others.
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Richie308 wrote:
No, I've just exposed the double standard of some people who make their livings via intellectual property, yet who disrespect the IP rights of others.
Must've missed that post. I saw one where you equated the removal of onerous usage restrictions with stealing, and another where you launched into a sarcastic tirade after Mike pointed out the obvious flaw in your initial post... Perhaps you'd care to post a link to the conspicuously missing response you allude to?
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
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Richie308 wrote:
No, I've just exposed the double standard of some people who make their livings via intellectual property, yet who disrespect the IP rights of others.
Must've missed that post. I saw one where you equated the removal of onerous usage restrictions with stealing, and another where you launched into a sarcastic tirade after Mike pointed out the obvious flaw in your initial post... Perhaps you'd care to post a link to the conspicuously missing response you allude to?
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
I never once used the word stealing. That was YOUR word. My point is that anything you do that breaks the license agreement ( including stripping DRM ) is illegal and unethical. And it's disappointing that someone who makes his living from intellectual property should be so flip when dealing with other people's IP rights.
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