On Saturday 02 November 2002 03:46 am, Mark Hannessen wrote:
Can we post *how* to break the copy protection? I don't think so.
we can. we could include the cracks needed to run the game on the site. it is legal use a crack if you own the game. as long as we don't forget the disclamer: "don't download this crack unless you own this game legal"
Maybe for you... but, this is supposedly illegal in the U.S., thanks to legislation driven by our fiends^H^H^H^H^Hriends in Hollywood. They call this illegal law (we have many of these here in the US) the "Digital Millenium Copyright Act."
Then, again:
"All laws which are repugnant to the constitution are null and void." -Marbury vs. Madison, 5 US (2 Cranch) 137, 174, 176, (1803)
so maybe not -- don't ask me, I'm one of those dangerous people who still believes in individual liberty... I'm told my type can't be trusted...
Unless you are prepared to go to jail for your convictions, I suggest you don't crack anything, get written permission from the copyright holders, or stay out of the U.S. of A:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Elcomsoft/