http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26835
--- Comment #85 from eurekafag@eureka7.ru 2011-04-23 13:41:50 CDT --- (In reply to comment #84)
I would agree if it weren't for the DMCA, which strictly forbids the removal of content protection systems, even if you own the product in question. Now that we know the bug is in the DRM it makes a legal mess for anyone trying to play this game when it is installed on a non-NTFS file system, as the crack "fixes" the game by removing the content protection system.
Is this another case where U.S. law protects large corporations while stealing from the consumer? Yes. Is there anything that can be done about it? No, at least if you still decide to purchase/use the products in question.
Well, too bad that wine servers are located at USA. Does DMCA also says that there should be no discussion about cracks and using it if no one even posts URL to that crack? I think it's the most dumb thing one can invent. Well, maybe you break the US law (which isn't my case, for example, because I'm from Russia but never mind) when you actually apply the crack but what's unlawful in discussion without even a link? Killing people is illegal but writing detectives is legal and making thrillers where people die (not really, of course), too.