Re: It's legal to crack Apple II copy protection

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20031101023335.26036.00000085@mb-m07.aol.com">news:20031101023335.26036.00000085@mb-m07.aol.com...
> Andy McFadden wrote:
>
> >The DMCA is, simply, the victory of corporate money over individual
rights.
>
> Agreed--and one which will almost certainly be reversed as the
> perspective of time makes its nature clearer.
>
> >It's nice that the Librarian of Congress threw the Apple II community a
> >bone and lets us crack the games to preserve them.  The absence of anyone
> >with money protesting the idea might have had something to do with it.
>
> I suspect it also has something to do with the fact that there are active
> archiving groups (not hobbyists) who are attempting to preserve the
> legacy of the beginning of the computer age for history.  They have
> been quite lucid about the risks of permanent loss of uncopyable
> material as media decays or becomes otherwise unreadable.
>
> As we know, the only persistent bits are bits that are continually
> re-copied onto newer media to keep up with technology evolution.
> Copy protection prevents this preservative act, and therefore,
> without circumvention, dooms the protected bits to oblivion.
>
> The issue of who can access the preserved information, and how
> much, and for what purpose can all be worked out in time, but
> the bits must be preserved now, or forever hold your peace.

If everyone would adopt my attitude towards this issue,
every piece of existing media in their possession can be
saved. I just don't care what they think. I'm copying my
stuff and they can prosecute and persecute me all they
like. BTW, I have a hacked DVD player. I just did it about
2 weeks ago. If anyone would like theirs hacked, please
forward me the following info and if the hack is available,
I'll make you a chip to replace your now highly protected
version.

Make, Model, Serial Number and FCC number if indicated.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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