future of piracy (48)

33 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E : 2006-09-11 00:05 ID:Heaven

> Someone's going to crack it either via the almighty sweep electron microscope or plain old "master key, and you're oodles richer / your children will live".

I think you're underestimating how expensive it is to reverse-engineer a modern microprocessor. Only a corporate entity has that kind of funding, and it's only going to get harder. The more expensive it becomes, the fewer who will attempt it, particularly when combined with the second part:

You're ignoring the legal prong. For now, so far as I know, only the United States and Australia has legislation overtly hostile to reverse engineering, yet other countries are feeling the pressure.

Further, I see no reason why corporate interests will not continue to squeeze for even stronger protection. They have lobby groups, and you don't. We're talking decades here.

> the PSP and its various firmwares and their associated downgraders.

This probably only means that they have not yet developed a strong implementation. The pirates are giving them a lot of practice, and eventually they'll get it right. Then what?

> Second, you can't cook a frog like that.

Did you understand my point? Similes and metaphors do not need to be grounded in reality.

> reiterated ad nauseam by slashdot refugees

Charming. Really.

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