OK, So maybe you cannot license the key. Maybe you make a small script/application to decrypt it (never hand the key to someone) and make a license for THAT. Specifically state that users are not allowed to reverse engineer the app, ect. Do not open source this utility (for obvious reasons). That should cover that part.
As far as the encryption idea: all you have to do is make something of your own, (draw some random squiggles in a JPeg and include that with the item in question. Voila! You are protecting your copywrited work, and they would not be able to legally break that.
Encrypt the file (breaking it would violate their own laws, should they pass), and give out the key in a special license, so that anyone/anycorporation/anyorganization that uses the key in any way forfeits all ability to punish anyone/anocorporation/anyorganization for it's contents.
True, but in the case of libraries with photocopiers there are usually copyright warnings at the entrences and on/around the machines. Maybe if a P2P network service followed something similar, it MIGHT be subjected to a little less harrassment.
I was under the impression that we are a democratic REPUBLIC, not a democracy.
That also leads to my confusion about what gives us the right to impose democracy on the rest of the world.
those addicted to game hacking?
I go buy a game, it gets usually no more than 2 hours of attention before I go out to find some way to rip into its guts.
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OK, So maybe you cannot license the key. Maybe you make a small script/application to decrypt it (never hand the key to someone) and make a license for THAT. Specifically state that users are not allowed to reverse engineer the app, ect. Do not open source this utility (for obvious reasons). That should cover that part. As far as the encryption idea: all you have to do is make something of your own, (draw some random squiggles in a JPeg and include that with the item in question. Voila! You are protecting your copywrited work, and they would not be able to legally break that.
Encrypt the file (breaking it would violate their own laws, should they pass), and give out the key in a special license, so that anyone/anycorporation/anyorganization that uses the key in any way forfeits all ability to punish anyone/anocorporation/anyorganization for it's contents.
Who the hell is this? I have seen this posted AC for no reason in a bunch of recent stories.
Eyes can be used to commit crime (espionage/treason) therefor they should be outlawed (and hence removed at birth).
In Korea, only old people post old jokes.
I agree. Treating the symptoms of the problem doesn't solve the problem... but it can certainly feel better!
Yes, but it isn't pasted all over the GUI and in the splash screen ect. Make it impossible to miss.
True, but in the case of libraries with photocopiers there are usually copyright warnings at the entrences and on/around the machines. Maybe if a P2P network service followed something similar, it MIGHT be subjected to a little less harrassment.
I was under the impression that we are a democratic REPUBLIC, not a democracy. That also leads to my confusion about what gives us the right to impose democracy on the rest of the world.
those addicted to game hacking? I go buy a game, it gets usually no more than 2 hours of attention before I go out to find some way to rip into its guts.