Like most people, I believe in freedom of expression so long as it does not cause harm to someone else. And I enjoy it when people tweak the noses of pompous bastards and those who abuse the rights of others. It seems that the MPAA and RIAA would, in their ideal world, see consumers forced to purchase recordings in each format - CD, tape, VHS, etc. - since they seem so opposed to home recording. But there is a difference between making a cassette copy of your lawfully purchased CD to play in your car versus copying a DVD onto your computer so it can be resold or given away over the internet. The difference is that of refusing to be downtrodden by corporate America and stealing what belongs to someone else. I am a little tired of those who shamelessly promote hacks of encryption codes as a triumph of good versus evil. You are not the champions of the oppressed that you think you are - you're simply providing the means for people to steal what is not rightfully theirs. You understand the technology well enough to realize that the hack will allow the illegal DVD factories in Asia to thrive. That piracy takes money out of the pockets not only of the studios but of the actors, stunt performers, and others who share in the income produced by the recordings. Most of those people are not millionaires, either. They work for a living like (most) of you do. So get off your high horse. Your alleged freedom to hack is nothing more than stealing. And any web site that provides this material is, in my view, an accessory to theft.
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Like most people, I believe in freedom of expression so long as it does not cause harm to someone else. And I enjoy it when people tweak the noses of pompous bastards and those who abuse the rights of others. It seems that the MPAA and RIAA would, in their ideal world, see consumers forced to purchase recordings in each format - CD, tape, VHS, etc. - since they seem so opposed to home recording. But there is a difference between making a cassette copy of your lawfully purchased CD to play in your car versus copying a DVD onto your computer so it can be resold or given away over the internet. The difference is that of refusing to be downtrodden by corporate America and stealing what belongs to someone else. I am a little tired of those who shamelessly promote hacks of encryption codes as a triumph of good versus evil. You are not the champions of the oppressed that you think you are - you're simply providing the means for people to steal what is not rightfully theirs. You understand the technology well enough to realize that the hack will allow the illegal DVD factories in Asia to thrive. That piracy takes money out of the pockets not only of the studios but of the actors, stunt performers, and others who share in the income produced by the recordings. Most of those people are not millionaires, either. They work for a living like (most) of you do. So get off your high horse. Your alleged freedom to hack is nothing more than stealing. And any web site that provides this material is, in my view, an accessory to theft.