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They were trying to stop pirates using a workaround to avoid copying. Instead of distributing cracked versions of the software, pirates would just distribute cr
by tlb 6y ago
They were trying to stop pirates using a workaround to avoid copying. Instead of distributing cracked versions of the software, pirates would just distribute cracks -- tiny programs which would edit the binaries of software to remove the copy protection mechanisms.
While cracks are still made and distributed by amateurs, they can't be developed at large scale by commercial companies because of the EULAs.
- EMIRELADERO 6y ago> While cracks are still made and distributed by amateurs, they can't be developed at large scale by commercial companies because of the EULAs. Wouldn't the DMCA law itself already make this illegal?
- wmf 6y agoEULAs (~1980) are older than the DMCA (1998). Putting aside copy protection, EULAs let vendors claim a bunch of stuff at essentially zero cost (since customers don't/can't refuse EULAs) so they went ahead and did it.