Comments on: Copy protecting

By: Bas Westerbaan

Bas Westerbaan — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:36:52 +0000

The problem is that there are still plenty people willing to break copy protections and put them online for download. Why bother cracking yourself when others have done that for you already.

The companies try to get those people conficted for that.. which is a lot more feasible than trying to confict someone for downloading a video or something for the amount of people that are doing it differs a lot.

Although given the protections existing at the moment it seems that a intermediate computer user still can crack everything himself. (given he is informed properly about that possibility)

By: Jacob Duursma

Jacob Duursma — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:49:40 +0000

I don’t think the intention of copy protection is to make it impossible to copy a CD/DVD, because as you pointed out that is virtually impossible.

However by putting copy protection on the CD/DVD’s you do make it harder for the masses of people to copy a CD/DVD. When you need more expert knowledge to copy, less people will copy CD/DVD’s.

You said: ‘The only, and only way, to stop illegal copying is making buying legaly less of an effort than acquiring illegaly. ‘

I think copy protection does do that, by making it more of an effort to make illegal copies (rather then making buying legaly less of an effort).

By: Bas Westerbaan

Bas Westerbaan — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 05:34:55 +0000

But that one will be eliminated sooner or later in favour of the companies.

By: Zef Hemel

Zef Hemel — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:47:36 +0000

In the Netherlands it’s actually not legal to copy-protect music (and I think video). There’s a right you have as the buyer to make a copy of CDs for your own personal use (called “thuiskopie”).