DeCSS, crypto, law, and economics

[Perry E. Metzger]

"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb at research.att.com> writes:
> In message <87of6smnzb.fsf at snark.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
> >I don't know anyone who trades video files -- they're pretty big and
> >bulky. A song takes moments to download, but a movie takes many many
> >hours even on a high speed link. I have yet to meet someone who
> >pirates films -- but I know lots of hardened criminals who watch DVDs
> >on Linux and BSD. I'm one of these "criminals".
> 
> I'm 100% certain it's happening, today.

Sure it is. I'm merely noting it is less widespread than pirating
audio. Also, as I note, if DeCSS weren't around, people would just
steal whole DVD images and leave them encrypted, because you don't
need to decrypt them to steal and view them. DeCSS is not the problem.


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Perry E. Metzger		perry at piermont.com

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