[mythtv-users] CableCARD spoofed by DIY community

[jedi]

On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 10:26:29AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 5:54 am, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> > Raymond Wagner wrote:
> >> Thats obviously not true.  CSS (for DVDs) was broken 10 years ago, but
> >> 321 Studios shut down over a lawsuit, and Real Networks is currently
> >> being sued.
> >
> > Because CSS is broken and has been for a while it is straneg that people
> > think that they can sue others because they might lose a piece of the
> > pie.
> 
> Well, just to play devil's advocate:  Ordinary door locks have been
> "broken" for a long time, too -- there are several good methods for
> opening a door without a key.  That doesn't make it legal to enter your
> neighbor's house, though, even if you don't take anything.

...except that's not quite what's going on.

I am smashing open my own locked doors in my own house.

The MPAA has succeeded in making it illegal for you to break into your own bathroom.