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I checked, and they are still selling knives. Sure, you can use a knife to cut food or walk through the woods pretending to be a "survivalist" (judging from my
by Netcob 6y ago
I checked, and they are still selling knives. Sure, you can use a knife to cut food or walk through the woods pretending to be a "survivalist" (judging from my search for "knives"), but it can also be used to murder people.
But also checked "TVs", and they are absolutely still selling those. TVs are like the number one item used for infringement. I am VERY confused.
And don't get me started about food. Without food, it's basically impossible to infringe, yet ebay allows all sorts of food listings.
- simongr3dal 6y agoThey also sell HDMI capture cards and HDMI splitters that can remove HDCP. As if those aren't encouraging infringement.
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- Simon_says 6y agoWhich ones? So I know to avoid them.
- judge2020 6y agoI believe ones with 'hdcp bypass' are the ones you should stay away from https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1311&_nkw=hdcp+bypass&_sacat=0 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m...
- Shared404 6y agoOh thanks. I was worried I might break a law or two there. To be super careful, I'll leave a comment to save the warning.
- judge2020 6y agoYou can also favorite[1] HN comments by clicking on the timestamp first. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24351073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24351073
- dzdt 6y agoAny HDMI splitter. The "Content Protection" encryption on the wire for the digital video doesn't allow the stream to be split; to do so requires stripping off the encryption in a way not licensed by the industry consortium.
- CameronNemo 6y agoI'm pretty sure compliant splitters are expected to decrypt, split, then reencrypt. What a waste of resources.
- AnssiH 6y agoAren't there non-HDCP splitters around that only allow unprotected content through? (I don't know, but I had thought so)
- Unklejoe 6y agoNah, it's okay to split an HDCP encrypted stream as long as you enforce HDCP on the outputs as well. I think the standard allows for something like 32 endpoints.
- willis936 6y agoDaily reminder that HDCP is a crime against physical layer conventions. It’s an Orwellian theft of data. Those bits on the line are my bits.
- dexterdog 6y agoLegally, that depends on what the source is. Realistically I'm with you and I will capture whatever I want that is in my stream and they can't stop me.
- craftinator 6y agoTIL we don't buy devices, we rent them indefinitely.
- Sunspark 6y agoNot every splitter can remove HDCP. Only some. It's a real problem because right now I am trying to get a PS3 going again. I've established that the HDMI port isn't burnt out because I am able to get it to show an initial screen but not past that point. I have a new splitter on the way, hope this one works before I test other things out. I'm pretty sure the issue is the HDCP is malfunctioning or is corrupted because I hot-plugged the HDMI cable while the unit was turned on. I also notice an interesting symptom, on my monitor when I attempt to get the PS3 going and then switch over to the computer, if I play something that requires HDCP the monitor will flash a brightly coloured static snow pattern before continuing to play. This doesn't happen if the PC and monitor have been powered down. So whatever is wrong with the PS3's HDCP is definitely leaking out into the monitor temporarily. HDCP is awful. Thanks Intel.
- sfoley 6y ago“Can be used for infringement” is not the same thing as “encourages infringement” why does everyone make these bad faith comparisons.
- jjeaff 6y agoHow does a raspberry pi encourage infringement more than a regular desktop pc?
- callinOutLiars 6y agoThey are cheap enough that you can buy one and setup a dedicated machine to play old video games.