I'm surprised at all of you. Do you think we are really free to do whatever we please online? How can you POSSIBLY put decss code to any good use? THE ONLY THING IT CAN BE USED FOR IS TO DECODE DVDS! Though that may sound like a good use to a lot of you, in terms of free crap, GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD THAT IT JUST ISN'T GOING TO FLY.
If you break open someone else's software, they will get a little pissed at you. How many of you are actually surprised that the MPAA is getting mad? This subverts their entire effort to protect movies, and No, MOVIES SHOULDN'T BE FREE! And by the way, I don't work for the MPAA or any other organization in any way affiliated with movies.
How can you possibly justify the fight against this? Free software may be good (i'm not an advocate for or against it), but you have to admit that there are some places that you must draw the line! Trying to expand the software available to people...please, this case is so justified. This code will literally destroy the dvd format as soon as dvd recorders are available to everyone. It already messes it up with regular cd's and reduced quality mpeg. If he is lucky, he won't end up owing the mpaa money for the rest of his life.
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I'm surprised at all of you. Do you think we are really free to do whatever we please online? How can you POSSIBLY put decss code to any good use? THE ONLY THING IT CAN BE USED FOR IS TO DECODE DVDS! Though that may sound like a good use to a lot of you, in terms of free crap, GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD THAT IT JUST ISN'T GOING TO FLY.
If you break open someone else's software, they will get a little pissed at you. How many of you are actually surprised that the MPAA is getting mad? This subverts their entire effort to protect movies, and No, MOVIES SHOULDN'T BE FREE! And by the way, I don't work for the MPAA or any other organization in any way affiliated with movies.
How can you possibly justify the fight against this? Free software may be good (i'm not an advocate for or against it), but you have to admit that there are some places that you must draw the line! Trying to expand the software available to people...please, this case is so justified. This code will literally destroy the dvd format as soon as dvd recorders are available to everyone. It already messes it up with regular cd's and reduced quality mpeg. If he is lucky, he won't end up owing the mpaa money for the rest of his life.