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Old 22-11-2005, 06:57
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Virtual CD/DVD emulators can be used for purposes other than running pirated copies of software; e.g., running your legally owned software, or testing software you wrote yourself.

In Australia, Playstation modchips are now legal because they can be used for purposes other than pirated copies of software. This purpose is running software that has been bought in another part of the world (PAL vs NTSC; Europe vs USA vs Japan), and this purpose is the exact reason that the jury's decision was based upon.

By the way, region protection on DVD's is also an intrusion into your privacy as noone has the right to tell you where you wanna buy original DVD's (online shops; DVD's available in foreign countries only) and where you wanna play your legally owned DVD's (home PC; DVD player; friends; car; plane; train; any foreign country; friends in foreign country). I'm waiting for the day when some jury or authority states that it was completely illegal to do. (Haha, am I naive or what?)

[Edit:] By the way, FIFA, on a Sony Playstation Portable, you cannot install your own software because of "trusted computing" (guess who's on the trusted side, you or the big software/hardware companies!). There's a similar movement, called TCPA, for PC's, as well. Welcome to a Brave New World!
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