[NTLUG:Discuss] MI2 boycott

[Brian Koontz]

Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> travis.farral at nokia.com wrote:
 
> I don't think that's true. DeCSS decrypts the DVD - and the decrypted
> movie is far to big to copy *anywhere*.  If you wanted to copy a DVD,
> the last thing you'd want is DeCSS making the file ten times larger!

Anything you can see or hear, you can copy.  Which means the argument
that DeCSS can't be used for copying is a sham.

BTW, I'm all for the distribution of DeCSS.  I believe the MPAA, in its
authoritarian arrogance, is flat-out wrong.  But this all comes back to
what I keep saying:  Don't try to insult people's intelligence by
bullshitting them.  Yes, DeCSS can be used to make illegal copies
(analog copies, but they're still copies) of DVD's.  There's really no
argument around it, try as you might.

  --Brian