I'm not sure if calling him a pirate is appropriate. The only thing he's copied are things he legally purchased. Here's more a cracker, because the crime he committed was cracking the DVD protection on those things he purchased.
Danish Movie Pirate Rats Himself Out
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Well, this is smart, because it will set a legal precedent, right? It forces them to take an absolute position on the letter of the law. There may have been other channels for the guy to go through, such as writing his politicians and judges and such, but maybe he just exhausted all his options and this was his plan z. Kudos, random Danish guy. Go have a danish.
Respect to the guy. Of course, this can go the wrong way and the court might decide in favor of the DRM law, but at least then it will be a clear-cut matter. Otherwise now it's a situation where you have one law encouraging people to make backup copies to protect their purchases, and another one that allows publishers to demand punishment (read: monetary compensation far in excess of actual product value) for the same "legal" copies.
It's like the carrot-and-stick thing, except that the carrot tempts the donkey to go one way and the stick slaps it to make it go in the exact opposite direction. In the donkey's case that would be considered animal abuse, but I guess human rights haven't gotten that far.
It's like the carrot-and-stick thing, except that the carrot tempts the donkey to go one way and the stick slaps it to make it go in the exact opposite direction. In the donkey's case that would be considered animal abuse, but I guess human rights haven't gotten that far.
Either:Onyx Oblivion said:
A) He made an illegal (maybe?) copy of a very old game in order to demonstrate the unreasonableness of enforcing copyright on intellectual properties that are no longer in circulation, which could pave the way for sweeping changes in the way that such rights are held and enforced, especially by corporate entities.
OR
B) Nothing.
