Comment Re:So do slashdot folks care that this is immoral? (Score 1) 513
I pronounce my judgments thus:
1) Cracking DVD encryption key: Not Immoral. (c'mon folks, it's computer science, not crime)
2) Copying DVD movies for personal use, trading with friends, etc.: a Little Immoral (Immoral but still within my personal comfort zone. :)
3) Sale of pirated material for personal gain: Damnably Immoral!
Furthermore, the motion picture industry should not worry about me, nor others like me, because:
My home theater setup is better-sounding than my computer speakers. My television is larger than my computer monitor. My sofa is more comfortable than my office chair, and does not require mastery of yoga to fit me and my wife on. I enjoy the DVD format for it's sound quality and for the picture quality. I also always buy movies that I really like. I have tons of movies on VHS that I've copied, but i never watch them. The ones I watch most often are ones I've bought, because I can't afford a professional dubbing deck, and the quality of the recording is better on the store-bought ones. When a kick-ass new movie comes out, I want to see it on a huge screen in a movie theater. When something I REALLY want to see comes out, like The Matrix (huzzah!) or Episode I (Argh!), I ESPECAILLY want to see it in a theater FIRST. Besides, since I don't have numerous spare 9 GB drives lying around, and I don't have a T3 to my house, acquiring these pirated movies would be a pain in the ass. So I can pay $24.95 at retail for a movie I really like, and watch it on my home theater, or I can pay, what, 10 buck less for a pirated one, and watch it on my computer. Er, I think I'll take the $24.95, and the self-rightoeous moral superiority. :)
1) Cracking DVD encryption key: Not Immoral. (c'mon folks, it's computer science, not crime)
2) Copying DVD movies for personal use, trading with friends, etc.: a Little Immoral (Immoral but still within my personal comfort zone.
3) Sale of pirated material for personal gain: Damnably Immoral!
Furthermore, the motion picture industry should not worry about me, nor others like me, because:
My home theater setup is better-sounding than my computer speakers. My television is larger than my computer monitor. My sofa is more comfortable than my office chair, and does not require mastery of yoga to fit me and my wife on. I enjoy the DVD format for it's sound quality and for the picture quality. I also always buy movies that I really like. I have tons of movies on VHS that I've copied, but i never watch them. The ones I watch most often are ones I've bought, because I can't afford a professional dubbing deck, and the quality of the recording is better on the store-bought ones. When a kick-ass new movie comes out, I want to see it on a huge screen in a movie theater. When something I REALLY want to see comes out, like The Matrix (huzzah!) or Episode I (Argh!), I ESPECAILLY want to see it in a theater FIRST. Besides, since I don't have numerous spare 9 GB drives lying around, and I don't have a T3 to my house, acquiring these pirated movies would be a pain in the ass. So I can pay $24.95 at retail for a movie I really like, and watch it on my home theater, or I can pay, what, 10 buck less for a pirated one, and watch it on my computer. Er, I think I'll take the $24.95, and the self-rightoeous moral superiority.
