I kinda doubt that quote's real. At the very least, I'd expect to find it somewhere else online if it were.
Anti-piracy measures that inconvenience the non-pirate while not stopping the pirate shouldn't be a surprise anymore. I can't even think of an example where it worked otherwise.
(Sony's actions with the PS3 really stand out. In response to a linux-based security breach that didn't allow running copied games - or much of anything else in fact - they disabled linux support in a system update. They took away a feature from legitimate users, which might actually have been part of what they bought the system *for*. The actual ability to run copied games came along not much later, and didn't even require a linux-capable system. I think I've heard that hackers have even managed to re-enable linux now. Of course, that still leaves people with the choice of being able to play games they bought on a system they bought, or use a system they bought for a purpose it was advertised as being able to do but not be able to play some games that they could buy. A group of regular customers gets screwed, piracy isn't stopped.)
ETA: Oh, and here's a story about Warner Brothers sending takedown notices for things they haven't looked at or don't even own. Including but not limited to free software posted on hotfile by it's creators and "http://hotfile.com/contacts.html and give them the details of where the link was posted and the link and they will deal with the @sshole who posted the fake."
-Morgan.
Anti-piracy measures that inconvenience the non-pirate while not stopping the pirate shouldn't be a surprise anymore. I can't even think of an example where it worked otherwise.
(Sony's actions with the PS3 really stand out. In response to a linux-based security breach that didn't allow running copied games - or much of anything else in fact - they disabled linux support in a system update. They took away a feature from legitimate users, which might actually have been part of what they bought the system *for*. The actual ability to run copied games came along not much later, and didn't even require a linux-capable system. I think I've heard that hackers have even managed to re-enable linux now. Of course, that still leaves people with the choice of being able to play games they bought on a system they bought, or use a system they bought for a purpose it was advertised as being able to do but not be able to play some games that they could buy. A group of regular customers gets screwed, piracy isn't stopped.)
ETA: Oh, and here's a story about Warner Brothers sending takedown notices for things they haven't looked at or don't even own. Including but not limited to free software posted on hotfile by it's creators and "http://hotfile.com/contacts.html and give them the details of where the link was posted and the link and they will deal with the @sshole who posted the fake."
-Morgan.