Matrix was on torrents since yesterday, i will download shortly (need some free HDD space). I like seeing DRM cracked. The more DRM they put the bigger the fun seeing it cracked!
It's guys like you that undercut the "fair use" argument. If only the cracks were available for use by those that own the discs to make "backups", then fair use would apply. But that the torrents themselves are available, and guys like you celebrate that and download them, shows that this isn't about fair use, it's about piracy. If it weren't for guys like you, there wouldn't be DRM to begin with.
Although I'm not going to make use of these cracks (I've never bothered to make "backups" of commercial DVDs even though that's been easily doable for years), I do appreciate that the cracks open up the the various "fair use" scenarios. But engadget should stop being intellectually dishonest and admit that these cracks are by and large used for piracy (by guys like you) when they continue to advocate cracking DRM.
BTW, the second and third Matrix movies sucked. :p
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Dave @ May 17th 2007 3:55AM
Matrix was on torrents since yesterday, i will download shortly (need some free HDD space). I like seeing DRM cracked. The more DRM they put the bigger the fun seeing it cracked!
Molly C @ May 17th 2007 10:22AM
It's guys like you that undercut the "fair use" argument. If only the cracks were available for use by those that own the discs to make "backups", then fair use would apply. But that the torrents themselves are available, and guys like you celebrate that and download them, shows that this isn't about fair use, it's about piracy. If it weren't for guys like you, there wouldn't be DRM to begin with.
Although I'm not going to make use of these cracks (I've never bothered to make "backups" of commercial DVDs even though that's been easily doable for years), I do appreciate that the cracks open up the the various "fair use" scenarios. But engadget should stop being intellectually dishonest and admit that these cracks are by and large used for piracy (by guys like you) when they continue to advocate cracking DRM.
BTW, the second and third Matrix movies sucked. :p