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Offline Martinus

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[color=66ff00]Those freeloading hackers are partially responsible for the fact that your copy of windows is more secure, that it's a lot harder to copy your credit card details that you use to purchase stuff off the internet, that you don't have to shell out hundreds of pounds/dollars/[insert your choice of currency here] on software that only 'mostly' works.
They push software companies to upgrade and update; something those companies would just shrug off if they figured they could get away with it. I congratulate them, they push technological innovation forward.

As someone pointed out before, the fact that I can download music does not mean I am stealing music that I would normally have bought; I don't have the cash to buy all of those CD's so I wouldn't have got the music at all if the music was not available online.

BTW I agree with DG on this, they'll never create an unbreakable and profitable system.
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Offline Nico

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Originally posted by Admiral LSD


Eventually it will though and we'll have noone to thank for that except the freeloading hackers who made it possible. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to that...


Hmm, I don't think so, but you know, if hackers don't break it, well, guess what, it won't be breakable :p What's the difference? :p
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Offline Sandwich

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Originally posted by aldo_14


I think you just did........ I've heard of a 'snowballs chance in hell' and 'like a bat out of hell', but never that.......


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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill

 
there is only one way to truly copy protect music...
Microsoft willinstall cybernetic devices in people's ears. (To help fight the onset of hearing problems and improve teh quality of life, blah blah BS!) anyway now microsoft- and their qually evil twin the RRIA(sp?) now  control WHAT you hear and WHEN you hear it! no music for you EVER unless you pay a monthly subscription fee for "privilage" of enjoying the fruits of artists labours (while 90% of the profits are split my the big M and RRIS). Oh yet my friends, big brother is comming sooner than you think... Piracy in any form will stop teh day they start controlling people and do away with that inconvienent "Free Will" concept.

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Offline Sandwich

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Dude. What are you on?
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"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill

 

Offline karajorma

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Originally posted by IceFire
Nothing at all Bobboau...but its more difficult and probably not something that the average person will do...which is probably the point since as it stands now its very easy to copy music without even thinking about it.


I remember when .mp3 was beyond what an average person would do cause it was too complicated. As soon as DRM becomes popular someone will find a way to automate copying files to .mp3 (or preferably .ogg) by simply doing what Bobboau suggested and then DRM will become completely useless.
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Offline 01010

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Dude. What are you on?


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Offline phreak

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CD Player Line Out -> Sound Card Line In.  hit record in goldwave and play on the CD Player.  Can't really beat that.

it should work :nervous:
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Offline Kazan

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Lesson 1 of software engineering: There is no such thing as a perfect system

Lesson 1 about crypto: Given enough time and effort ALL crypto can eventually be broken

Lesson 1 about copyprotect: it _always_ fails
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