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But it is trivial anyhow. DRM doesn't actually work, never has, never will; and attempting to criminalize it (such as mentioned elsewhere around here) will only serve to increase piracy, not decrease it.



Yes yes, I'm on your side here. The point is that if the decryption module were open-source, it would be trivial to do it, and there would be lots of implementations of it, while if it were a binary blob, it would significantly raise the bar. They know this, so they'll never agree to having it be open-source.




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