Posted by Stan Brown on 04/19/07 02:30

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:59:10 GMT from Impmon <impmon@digi.mon>:
> 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.

Oh, come on. When a DVD costs $20 or less, it's not the cost that
motivates most people. They'd rip off the same DVD if it cost $1,
just for the thrill.

But this actually makes copy-protection schemes *more* annoying, not
less: they inconvenience honest users, and don't deter dishonest
ones.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
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