VirtualDub author pissed off by DVD anti-piracy ads
Published on 2008/06/07 by Igor Levicki
Another proof that DRM is nothing else than a grand failure is recent blog post written by Avery Lee a.k.a. Phaeron, the author of VirtualDub video processing aplication.
Basically he legally bought a movie in a store, and he has been forced to watch anti-piracy ad which lasted full minute. Here are his thoughts on the subject:
WHAT THE F*CK??? I BOUGHT YOUR DAMN DVD, THAT'S WHY I'M OUT TEN BUCKS! IF I HAD PIRATED YOUR STUPID MOVIE, THEN I'D BE WATCHING IT RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF SITTING THROUGH YOUR PATRONIZING, UNSKIPPABLE PROPAGANDA VIDEO!!! WHY THE F*CK ARE YOU PUNISHING ME???
That's right, the only ones who are forced to watch the anti-piracy propaganda are those who paid for content. Good job assholes, punishing those who pay while the pirates sit back and laugh at you!
Wait, there is more — can you imagine that someone actually had the balls to contact him via email and ask him to tone down the language in his post?!? WTF?!? Come here and ask me to tone down the language in my post you bitch! We are not violating any law by saying what we think about your flawed business model, and the last time I checked free speech was still on the basic human rights list.