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The Reality of the Situation

The real problem with any copy protection is the basic principle that for a person to use the protected material they must possess the key to open the protection. If you give out the key to the public so they can use the protected material then you have given the key out to everyone and it is no longer protected. Say you have a music CD that you want to protect but at the same time sell to the public. You would then need a player to play it. The player would need to possess the key to unlock the protection and play it. Well you would then need to sell this player so that people could listen to the music you sold them protected. You have just given out the key. It is fundamentally impossible to create the copy protection the industry wants. If the industry would realize that the best way to win this ?war? is to simply offer a product that the consumer is willing to buy at a reasonable price instead of being greedy and trying to give the consumer as little as possible for the greatest profit we would all be much happier.

Posted by: Nightghaunt   Posted on: 07/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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