<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Simon Hobson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linux@thehobsons.co.uk">linux@thehobsons.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Steve Hodge wrote:<br>
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Also, there is a clause that makes it a criminal offense to bypass any "technical protection mechanism", or to discuss how to bypass such a mechanism, or to provide tools to do so. That still applies even if the TPM is completely and utterly broken (like CSS on DVDs), or even never worked in the first place.<br>
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I understand the reasoning and won't argue against it. But, as you just mentioned, the same reasoning applies to DVDs (and Bluray) so why are those topics acceptable here?<br>
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Deja vu, here we come !<br>
My guess is that because nearly everyone is interested in those topics, including the US based developers, then that alters the risk-reward balance in favour of allowing it. Not to mention that there is a general perception of "what's the difference what DVD player you use ?"<br>
On the other hand, I suspect few US based developers are involved with CAMs and similar ... And a general perception that anyone using a CAM must be a pirate.</blockquote><div><br>I supose that what it boils down to is that the developers are the ones taking the risks so they get to decide what they do and don't want to talk about.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve <br></div></div>