Timeline for Is discussion of techniques for removing DRM permitted?
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| Feb 28, 2022 at 8:46 | comment | added | Vikki | @JoeTaylor: Most of those users are probably trying to get back into a computer that they locked themselves out of by mistake, or that they acquired secondhand from someone who forgot to tell them the admin password (I've been in that latter situation myself, although with an eMac rather than a typical PC). | |
| Jan 3, 2014 at 15:26 | comment | added | killermist | "But we can't guarantee no one will read and use the answer that IS trying to break copyright." <-- This is something that is supposed to be our job? "Thus there's a posibility that we, as the Super User community will be facilitating these people." <-- Um, no. They're facilitating themself with information that just happens to exist here, but probably also exists other places they can get to, especially if they have access to unscrupulous sources too. | |
| Jan 3, 2014 at 15:20 | comment | added | killermist | -1: A question askable in good faith, and answerable in good faith, should be disallowed because some unscrupulous people may come along and find the knowledge and do something "unethical" or "illegal" with it? This presumes that the information cannot exist somewhere else that the unscrupulous people could find out how to do what they're looking to do. It additionally implies that no other person that might come by looking for the answer to do something completely legitimate. We are not qualified to be the thought police. Thinking we are is... unwise. | |
| Dec 30, 2013 at 13:02 | comment | added | Krista K |
Classic ♦ mod drive-by: vote down, close, & move on; the best way for the ivory tower to keep others from sharing practical experience with the uneducated masses trying to do it on their own.
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| Mar 19, 2011 at 22:58 | comment | added | Moab | I will always vote for freedom of information, no one has a crystal ball on others intentions, one could say we cannot help someone repair a PC because they may use it to break the law, or its a stolen PC, unless it is outright obvious that someone is intent on breaking the law, I say post the information. | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 13:36 | comment | added | Randy Orrison | @JoeTaylor Oh yes, as an administrator I would care more about users misbehaving or miscreants breaking into the systems I'm responsible for, but as a user those things don't bother me nearly as much as simply being able to use stuff I've paid for. Just providing a different point of view, not really disagreeing with what you said. Jeff's is a great official position. | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 9:54 | comment | added | Joe Taylor | @Randy Orrison That's totally not what I meant. I'm talking about users gaining access to machines they shouldn't be able to use using methods discussed here. If we're open to one thing we should be open to all. I fully agree with Jeff's posting here. It's not for us to pre-judge how people are going to use the knowledge, only to provide it in good faith. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 23:04 | comment | added | Randy Orrison | @JoeTaylor As a purchaser and user of digital content I care far more about being able to actually use what I have legally purchased than I do about the other users in my house who already have administrative access to my PC figuring out my passwords. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 16:16 | comment | added | Joe Taylor | @BloodPhilia - As a User I care far less about the removal of DRM than the possobility of average users being freely able to remove the administrator passwords on my machines. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 15:57 | comment | added | Pylsa |
@JoeTaylor Refer to my previous comment and replace wget by that topic.
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| Mar 17, 2011 at 15:50 | comment | added | Joe Taylor | @BloodPhilia But removing passwords from Windows is openly discussed. Basically allowing people to hack other peoples machines | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 15:23 | comment | added | Pylsa |
Removing DRM is quite a lot more controversial compared to wget if you get my drift...
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| Mar 17, 2011 at 15:13 | comment | added | Jeremy |
There are many things discussed on other Stack Exchange sites that could be used to violate the law. I have a question about using wget that could potentially let me make and distribute illegal copies of copyrighted content from the internet. There are many questions about how to resolve security issues describes those issues to a level that would allow them to be exploited. It is impossible to control what people do with knowledge, but disallowing anything that has a potential illegal use seems like overall. If that is what we want to do, a large number of questions will need to be deleted.
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| Mar 17, 2011 at 10:09 | history | answered | Pylsa | CC BY-SA 2.5 |