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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm not disagreeing with you about that. I was merely disagreeing with the claim that there'd been no attempt to prevent the sale of such software. You've cited two examples of such cases yourself.
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Yes, but look at the dates of the cases and the actual outcomes. RealNetwork got sued for violation of license, a very different thing. Two cases in 17 years and neither specific to DRM. That's why there are legit software shops selling DRM software now in the open and have been for several years. No one bothers them. That's my point. The most popular DVD ripper for the mac has been in business for some 13 years.
As you may remember the record companies tried to shutdown music downloads way back when as well. They got so beat up about it, they dropped the attempt. I think that in practical terms, the record companies lost that battle as well. Taking grandma to court because her grandkid downloaded some pirated music is a very, very bad visual.