Re:What the hell is this for?
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[...snip...]AND DON'T MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE YOUR 14 YEARS OLD.[...snip...]
And "yelling" at the people with whom you disagree makes you look like an adult?
[...snip...]I don't want everyone copying disks and raising the costs of what i pay for.[...snip...]
Hmm...correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't CSS merely force you to use an "approved" player? It does nothing to prevent someone from copying the data on the disk to another disk. (At least, that's what I've read.)
I presume you didn't notice the disclaimer at the bottom of the article pointed to by his link:
"Note: This is the text of my article, as submitted to the Boston Globe. The published version was edited slightly."
While I can't speak for the author, this indicated to me that the modifications were performed by a Boston Globe editor. Don't know if this makes any difference to you, but there it is.
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[...snip...]AND DON'T MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE YOUR 14 YEARS OLD.[...snip...]
And "yelling" at the people with whom you disagree makes you look like an adult?
[...snip...]I don't want everyone copying disks and raising the costs of what i pay for.[...snip...]
Hmm...correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't CSS merely force you to use an "approved" player? It does nothing to prevent someone from copying the data on the disk to another disk. (At least, that's what I've read.)
I presume you didn't notice the disclaimer at the bottom of the article pointed to by his link:
"Note: This is the text of my article, as submitted to the Boston Globe. The published version was edited slightly."
While I can't speak for the author, this indicated to me that the modifications were performed by a Boston Globe editor. Don't know if this makes any difference to you, but there it is.