I would happily turn a blind eye to it myself but it's probably hard to ignore for the authorities who notice that the license files were never publicly cracked (no keygens) and yet somehow someone else's product is able to validate existing licenses.
It's safest NOT to support existing licenses. I wouldn't complain because I think it's an acceptable reason to charge me again and they are the victims here anyway. They are fighting the good fight IMO and deserve a revenue stream.
Who are the authorities The AACS-LA does not rule the world. and who cares if they notice, of course they are going to notice. As you say it might be safest not support existing licenses, that was just a thought, they are many ways to skin a cat. I am not giving up hope something or someone will come along and make you happy. I am just looking at this whole situation in a different light than most. Its only been 2 days. Lets give them a chance, can we agree on that?
All I can say is there are still places on earth, yes this planet, that do not have these laws. Enough said. Thanks for a great converstion.
You are very welcome.It's fun to imagine what they might do! Thanks for going down that road with me.
Nah, people who pirate don't sink their time into this kind of effort, let alone pay $120 for software. They just get everything instantly with no DRM or hassle and don't have to worry about it.
Keep the hammer down MPAA you're doing a great job.
Nah, people who pirate don't sink their time into this kind of effort, let alone pay $120 for software. They just get everything instantly with no DRM or hassle and don't have to worry about it.
Keep the hammer down MPAA you're doing a great job.
Lol, pay $120 software when they don't even want an optical drive?
It's hilariously how much easier casual pirates have it AND also have the much objectively superior product.
Thieves have it easier until they dont. Thats been the way it has been for any theft.
doubtful. I bet a lot of people have a 2 bluray plan with netflix and strip every rental that comes in. This would be the easy way to get a giant movie collection with no data movement. Anyways glad that is over.
Thieves have it easier until they dont. Thats been the way it has been for any theft.
Dude, you crack me up. If someone wants to pirate Blu Rays your 2005ish suggestion of them ripping Netflix disks (why not Redbox?) is easily ten times more effort than most pirates are willing to exert. I don't understand the benefit of no data movement either, pirates just can encrypt the data on the last hop from whatever pirate haven they are downloading illegal Blu Rays from to their PC here in the states.
But this isn't making anything harder for thieves. Thieves will download a high def movie before they rip one. Or they will just stream the movie off of a pirate website. Thieves have more than just optical disks for sources of high definition movies (actually a lot off that stuff is ripped off iTunes nowadays because iTunes gets movies first). This doesn't stop pirates 1%.
What is DOES do it is makes it harder for legitimate customers of Blu Rays discs to take the information on those disks and serve them up in a more convenient and modern interface than the Blu Ray player provides. What it DOES do is hurt those who would prefer to buy media rather than rent it, or those who don't just want to watch the movies Netflix has on the service at that time.
I hate when fair use is assumed to be piracy. Real pirates are so far beyond your concept of the issue that you can't even properly speculate what would slow them down. This hurts those of us who have spent real money to invest in an optical media collection and who want to consume that media on their own terms.
Netflix and Steam are prime examples of how to beat pirates by offering a better product, instead of winning useless moral high horse battles (yeah I'm sure pirates will care *so* much for the opinion of knight-in-shining-anti-pirate-armor Jst0rm types) or making life for legit users as obnoxious as possible.
So your solution is you want all the content for $7 a month? lol. That doesnt cover it. sorry.
Its pretty easy to buy movies on amazon and itunes. I do it all the time. $20 and you have a streaming movie forever. How is that not convenient? Oh because you dont like the price. Fuck you.
No, you have the streaming movie until it is no longer available because <pick a reason>.
I would rather own the disk and rip it to my media server to stream for myself, which is what most of us upset over AnyDVD disappearing were using it for.
No, you have the streaming movie until it is no longer available because <pick a reason>.
I would rather own the disk and rip it to my media server to stream for myself, which is what most of us upset over AnyDVD disappearing were using it for.
where do you buy your blurays and how many do you own?
No, you have the streaming movie until it is no longer available because <pick a reason>.
I would rather own the disk and rip it to my media server to stream for myself, which is what most of us upset over AnyDVD disappearing were using it for.