Posted by Don Del Grande on 10/10/07 00:35

Trackmaven wrote:

>Giles wrote:
>> That Don Guy <del_grande_news@earthlink.net> wrote in
>> > Here's a solution: make iPods that allow you to copy songs from CDs,
>> > but you have to "recharge" them every 24 hours by reconnecting the
>> > iPod to the CD player and then "play" the original CD - that way, the
>> > iPod has some idea that you still own the CD.
>>
>> Dumbest post ever.
>
>YHBT, and by a B1FF-style post no less.
>
>Hang your head in shame.

IANATNABTYVM - I am neither a troll nor a B1FF, thank you very much
(although I will admit that I owned an Atari 800 in the early 1980s,
even though a true B1FF used a VIC-20). I'm just tired of people who
think the solution to the music problem is to get rid of RIAA (and,
while they're at it, the MPAA) and allow for free copying.

Tell me, what's your opinion of the following theory of legalizing
decrypting video discs:
1. I have the right to watch the movie on the (choose one: Blu-Ray,
HD-DVD) disc I bought on whatever device I want;
2. I choose to watch it on my computer running Linux;
3. Linux is required to be open source - therefore, the decoding
software must be open source, and therefore public information;
4. Therefore, we have every right to publish the method for
decrypting the discs, and if it results in the ability to upload the
contents of the discs for free downloading by whoever wants them, then
that's not our problem - it's like when you drive 80 in a 65 zone; if
the police catch you, then you're guilty, but you don't pass some law
making it illegal to have a car that can't go faster than 15 (because
that's the speed limit near railroad tracks).

-- Don

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