DRM Breaker Reports Himself To Anti-Piracy Group

[nsane.forums]

In his self-written mass-infringement notice entitled “Notification of digital copies of legally bought DVD movies,” frustrated citizen Henrik Andersen confesses all to an anti-piracy outfit, in the hope of sparking debate on the catch 22 situation he and other Danish consumers find themselves in.

Henrik uses a Mac Mini in conjunction with a NAS from where he streams his movies.

“In my media center I have digital copies of my legally purchased DVD movies,” he writes in his confession. “Overall, I suppose I’ve made digital copies of approx. 100 films and 10 seasons of TV series,” he added.

On the surface this should be fine, since Danish copyright law allows for the private, non-commercial copying of purchased DVDs.

12.–(1) Anyone is entitled to make or have made, for private purposes, single copies of works which have been made public if this is not done for commercial purposes. Such copies must not be used for any other purpose.

Unfortunately the law does not allow for the circumvention of the DRM on the disks in order to do so.

75.c –(1) It is not permitted to circumvent effective technological measures without the consent of the rights holder.

“Since the above copying is a violation of Danish law, I would therefore like to declare myself in violation of section 75 of the copyright law,” Henrik told Antipiratgruppen.

While previously acknowledging this catch 22 situation, Denmark’s Ministry of Culture felt that the situation would shortly rectify itself.

“…it is expected that in future copy protection will be designed in such a way that it will be possible to take one or more copies for personal use, and this is certainly the intention of the law,” they wrote.

However, as Henrik points out, while this might be the government’s plan, the movie industry has failed to live up to this vision, hence his intended piracy martyrdom to draw attention to the issue.

“As the culture minister sees no reason to change the law, she must, in my opinion, not understand the problem, therefore I choose to confess to you, to see whether you are prepared to get the legislation tested in court,” Henrik concludes.

Henrik has given Antipiratgruppen until December 1st to respond. Even given a prosecution on a plate, it’s extremely unlikely they will take him up on his offer.

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[Bizarre™]

Just a piece of advice to this Henrik guy: be careful of what you wish for... you might just get it :ph34r:

[CODYQX4]

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if those soulless scum sue this guy. They don't care about the bad PR, as they are already despised anyway.

But really, DRM and all anti-copying measures to date are doomed to fail.

When they come up with something that does not hinder or annoy legitimate users, they may regain some shred of decency.

The policy across the world seems to handcuff everyone, and cry and beg and demand new laws that rape society when people learn how to pick the locks.

I refuse to pay anyone who uses DRM or something that screws me over, unless forced into it somehow.

[Atasas]

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if those soulless scum sue this guy. They don't care about the bad PR, as they are already despised anyway.

But really, DRM and all anti-copying measures to date are doomed to fail.

When they come up with something that does not hinder or annoy legitimate users, they may regain some shred of decency.

The policy across the world seems to handcuff everyone, and cry and beg and demand new laws that rape society when people learn how to pick the locks.

I refuse to pay anyone who uses DRM or something that screws me over, unless forced into it somehow.

+1- well said dude! B)

[CODYQX4]

Here is a good example:

I was given 6 LEGIT serials for Windows 7 Pro. I used two at my house (1 Laptop + 1 PC) I used them because I still think it may be possible for MS to kill many of the current OEM keys and that I would never use the keys anyway (I use Ultimate with leaked key).

The PC is dead right now (and I am at college). My family visited last Saturday and told me the PC died and wanted a Windows 7 Disc (It's not that hard to install and I could guide them over the phone).

For two reasons I can't do so yet (Number 2 is important to the idea of my last post):

1. I would like to try to save their Win 7 so I don't have to setup all their other stuff and install software (which is cracked and they don't have copies).

2. I don't want to use a third key, and I cannot remember out of the 2 keys which was used on the PC.

If I use the laptop key, it will fail to activate, potentially deactivate the laptop, and require switching and a call to MS that will make me want to maim or kill.

So, a PITA using a legit key on my family's PC, easy as hell to use leaked Acer OEM key and Toshiba cert on MY laptop (I got it rigged in a script, as auto installers install the wrong cert).

Win 7 Activation/Use of Product Keys = FAIL

[tonyblair]

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if those soulless scum sue this guy. They don't care about the bad PR, as they are already despised anyway.

But really, DRM and all anti-copying measures to date are doomed to fail.

When they come up with something that does not hinder or annoy legitimate users, they may regain some shred of decency.

The policy across the world seems to handcuff everyone, and cry and beg and demand new laws that rape society when people learn how to pick the locks.

I refuse to pay anyone who uses DRM or something that screws me over, unless forced into it somehow.

I too agree  :D

The day a simple farmer can win 10x the money  of an actor a singer or a football player, that day I will pay the copy I get today for free.

[shought]

Just a piece of advice to this Henrik guy: be careful of what you wish for... you might just get it :ph34r:

Don't tell him to not do this kind of stuff, doing stuff like this is great, confronting the government/lawmakers with their mistakes. If everyone would do so, we wouldn't live in such a f*ed up world as we do now.

Edit: Funny they should say 'effective technological measures' though, I mean how do you define 'effective', if you ask me these technological measures were not 'effective' because they failed to protect the digital 'rights' of those companies...

[Bizarre™]

@shought:

Sure it would be great for you, but think about his family who would be involved if he engages a fight against the government or anyone else. I believe people should not act on impulse, they should review the situation before making a decision.

[CODYQX4]

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if those soulless scum sue this guy. They don't care about the bad PR, as they are already despised anyway.

But really, DRM and all anti-copying measures to date are doomed to fail.

When they come up with something that does not hinder or annoy legitimate users, they may regain some shred of decency.

The policy across the world seems to handcuff everyone, and cry and beg and demand new laws that rape society when people learn how to pick the locks.

I refuse to pay anyone who uses DRM or something that screws me over, unless forced into it somehow.

I too agree

The day a simple farmer can win 10x the money of an actor a singer or a football player, that day I will pay the copy I get today for free.

The pricing needs adjusted too. I couldn't afford all the software I got on my laptop right now.

Some examples of overpriced software here:

Win 7 Ultimate:$320

Office 2007 Ultimate:$700

Office 2007 Visio Pro: $559.95

Office 2007 Project Pro: $1000

Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite: $3000

NIS 2010 (thanks box): $70 for 1 year use

Adobe CS4 Master Collection: $2500

LimeWire Pro: $35

MagicISO: $30

Raxco PerfectDisk 10 Pro: $40

VmWare Workstation: $200

and I can think of many more...

[CODYQX4]

Just a piece of advice to this Henrik guy: be careful of what you wish for... you might just get it

Don't tell him to not do this kind of stuff, doing stuff like this is great, confronting the government/lawmakers with their mistakes. If everyone would do so, we wouldn't live in such a f*ed up world as we do now.

Edit: Funny they should say 'effective technological measures' though, I mean how do you define 'effective', if you ask me these technological measures were not 'effective' because they failed to protect the digital 'rights' of those companies...

It needs to be a group though. It's easily to mercilessly rape and slaughter one person or a few people, with top notched lawyers, bribed officials, and billions of $$$, but the whole internet community? It's not enough then.

That's why people unite and we use armies in war, individuals are easy to crush and abuse.

Think of it, the industries are using large groups to bother our governments and get things done, though the results are failure, no individual could get such blatant infringement of rights through to the world.