Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ John Locke ] on Tuesday 10 April 2007 13:33 \__
>
>> The only people affected by this AACS crap are the ordinary PC users.
>>
>> The real pirates will be stamping out Hi-Def CDs by the gazillions
>> using sophisticated duplicating equipment.
>
> Yes, and having got the keys, no patches will fix what's already out there.
> It's defective from the get-go, so it won't stop piracy. It will only piss
> honest people off... not allowing them to back up the media, play it
> everywhere they go, keep it for the future, move it from one platform to
> another (without unnecessary pains)... ahhh... recall the days when you just
> put a tape in the stereo and played it as you pleased. I have never dealt
> with DRM at all, but I hear stories.
>
Mr Locke has it to rights - this kind of action never hurts the real
criminals, just ordinary people increasingly weary of the inability of
technical companies to make products which actually work.
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