[opendtv] Re: DRM and AACS does nothing but annoy...
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:44:15 -0400
James Cole wrote:
> Well Cliff,
>
> I must say that content providers must be aloud or at least given the
> opportunity to protect their content from unauthorized coping and
> distribution.
>
> With that said, I must agree with you. If history has anything to say or at
> least show us our mistakes, it's that copy protection has never outright
> won. In fact, if anything, it has led to an increase cost to manufactures,
> end users, and yes, the content producers.
>
> Case in point starts with the early computer software industry. When I was a
> kid I was computer games from the store was unaffordable ($30-50). So I
> bought bootlegged copies for less then half the price. Estimates back then
> stated that the copy protection schemes added about 20-30% cost. Today I
> don't know of any software that uses copy protection. Not even the dreaded
> dongle anymore (which has been broken).
>
> VCR copy protection via Macrovision was beat by VBI blankers and Time Base
> Correctors. Not exactly affordable to the home user back then, but to a
> pirate, it was nothing. If the TV had a weak tuner, then the tape wasn't
> very watch able to the law-biding end user.
>
> The same can be said about DVD's and soon to be 1394 and HDMI protections.
>
> Imagine the time and money that has been spend to come up with new ways to
> protect content. I'll bet "they" the industry has spent more money then they
> would have lost due to the average joe-six-pack consumer copying or trading.
>
>
Also it is the draconian copy protection measures that have stopped me
from buying a blu ray drive and possibly some BD discs for my PC.
Though I don't usually by DVD's anymore either.
- Tom
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