As usual everyone misses the point of releasing a hack into the wild. As long as the hack is kept quiet the company has no reason to change. Once the hack is public the company stands to lose revenue unless they fix the hack. It's like being on a ship and finding a hole in the hull. Do you tell everyone in hopes it gets fixed, or just keep it to yourself?
The saving forever part is wrong, but the DRM stripping is completely fair use as you can not use this media on Linux with the DRM in place. Unfortunately removing the DRM also removes the self destruct aspect of the media so deleting it is now optional. In all reality this hack Only saves time because you could rent the DVD just as easily and rip it.
People who are going to break the law will break the law not matter what, a lock only keeps an honest person honest. Breaking the law for legitimate reasons, such as fair use, is civil disobedience. Breaking the law for illegitimate reasons, such as piracy, is wrong.
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As usual everyone misses the point of releasing a hack into the wild. As long as the hack is kept quiet the company has no reason to change. Once the hack is public the company stands to lose revenue unless they fix the hack. It's like being on a ship and finding a hole in the hull. Do you tell everyone in hopes it gets fixed, or just keep it to yourself?
The saving forever part is wrong, but the DRM stripping is completely fair use as you can not use this media on Linux with the DRM in place. Unfortunately removing the DRM also removes the self destruct aspect of the media so deleting it is now optional. In all reality this hack Only saves time because you could rent the DVD just as easily and rip it.
People who are going to break the law will break the law not matter what, a lock only keeps an honest person honest. Breaking the law for legitimate reasons, such as fair use, is civil disobedience. Breaking the law for illegitimate reasons, such as piracy, is wrong.