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Originally Posted by thename
Thought I'd point out this little gem about the issue of which you speak: AACS analog sunset. Can't wait till even existing component outputs have new content down-rezzed to 480p! |
Yet another reason to join the Tea Party. Our government doesn't represent us. It represents whoever can buy enough congressmen.
The last part says it all:
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We make no bones about calling out Hollywood studios on their ignorance, anti-market practices and general thick-headedness. These AACS rules are especially frustrating because they, like those FBI and anti-piracy warnings on discs, only affect users intending to legally copy software to a local hard drive. The AACS rules will have absolutely zero effect on actual piracy since the Blu-ray Disc's AACS/BD+ system has already been broken and spread far and wide across the Internet.
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Incidentally, it's this kind of situation that breeds disrespect for the law to the point where people simply don't obey the law unless they think they might get caught. In the arena of technology, I think we are raising generations of kids and young adults who don't believe that it is wrong to disobey the law. I don't know whether that viewpoint will be confined to technology, or will break out into other parts of the law. But I think it's a long term risk.