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Posted by Doug Jacobs on 04/19/07 21:03
fish. <fishcakes@tanksville.com> wrote:
> > The harder they try, the easier for crooks to slip through. Maybe if
> > they stopped focusing on copy protection and instead tried to sell the
> > CD and DVD *cheaper*, a lot less would be inclined to illegally copy.
> maybe.
> But more likely everyone would pirate more.
I think most people are generally honest. The problem is partly one of
education - which the companies are ignoring by calling us all thieves
right up front.
Sure, some people would make copies if there wasn't any copy protection,
but chances are, these are the same people who are making copies now. All
copy protection can hope to do is make casual copying more difficult. It
doesn't make it impossible, and it doesn't do a thing against the big-time
pirates over in Asia who sell their warez for $3-5 a movie at little
roadside stands all across the pacific. If these companies want to do
something about the piracy problem, get the governments of China,
Malaysia, the Phillipines, etc. to DO something more about these
operations than the ocassional slap-on-the-wrist for the stall owner,
who's usually back in business the very next day.
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