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Adobe Finds No Elcomsoft-Cracked E-Books

Posted by timothy on from the they're-all-hidden-by-the-decss-pirates dept.

dJCL writes "I noticed at BlackMask.com that the Adobe investigators have found not a single e-book that was decrypted by Elcomsoft's Advanced e-Book Processor, even despite the months of intensive searching of around 100,000 pirated e-books that they could find(i.e. something else was used to crack them). Just love how the laws have been able to stop people from pirating things these days."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. RIAA by jellybear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to give them any ideas, but if the RIAA were in a similar situation, they'd probably hire three kids for minimum wage to sit and pirate as much e-books as they could.

  3. Re:It just proves... by NixterAg · · Score: 5, Funny

    You got it wrong. Instead, it just proves that corporations are as dumb as warez communities think they are.

  4. Indeed... by RyanFenton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Especially if their excuses were:

    We just needed it for research! It's just for personal use! We have a right to privacy with our own files! We deleted it within 24 hours - so it's legal! It didn't hurt anyone - we weren't going to be buying the book anyway! Mentioning them in our lawsuit is like free advertising! Potentially infringing material wants to be free! ;^)

    Ryan Fenton

  5. Fahrenheit 451... by Quaoar · · Score: 5, Funny

    The temperature at which eBooks melt.

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    I'll form my OWN solar system! With blackjack! And hookers!
  6. Re:The "analogue"-ish way by danamania · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't do that. I've patented the take-a-screenshot-of-the-screen-ebook-piracy method I've also patented copying-ebooks-by-recording-s-video-out-onto-analo gue videotape and copying-ebooks-by-using-a-pencil-and-paper-and-wri ting-quickly

  7. Re:Let's get this straight by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yep, just like it's okay to steal a car

    It's OK with me if you steal my car if it's still parked in front of my house and I can still use it.

    That's why intellectual property is property, because it's gone when someone else gets it.

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    - - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
  8. Re:The "analogue"-ish way by xenode · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've-already-patented-the-excessive-use-of-hyphens

    You'll-be-hearing-from-my-lawyer.

  9. Re:suicide isn't illegal by be-fan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just looked this up. Apparently, the laws were changed not to long ago (60s-70s). But counseling someone to commit suicide (which your post does) is still illegal in Canada (don't know about the US) and other countries. So your post could very well be illegal :)

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    A deep unwavering belief is a sure sign you're missing something...
  10. Re:It just proves... by isorox · · Score: 5, Funny

    And if it's true, what are the damages then?!?! That's fair use! WTF!

    Maybe not in the U.S. (DMCA), however in [Soviet ;)] Russia, fair use and freedom still exist.

    Heh, it'd be funny if this post slipped through a time warp back to 1985...