[avazhi]

> Might be illegal to break someone else's proprietary software, no matter how abandoned it is.

Oh no!

Anyway

Snark aside, what you do locally on your own PC in your own home is kinda nobody else’s business, especially when you aren’t cracking it to share it with others. Pretty sure all the arguments were already hashed out in the ‘80s when VCR companies tried to block recording television to cassette tapes.

Literally nobody cares.

[deepsun]

Well, didn't think of that, but agree completely.

In order to sue the post author, the software copyright holder must claim some damages. I doubt they will find enough damages to pay legal fees.

[thaumasiotes]

> Pretty sure all the arguments were already hashed out in the ‘80s when VCR companies tried to block recording television to cassette tapes.

Why would VCR companies try to block this?

[tracker1]

Not the VCR companies but the TV stations and Cable companies.