"This entire topic, while interesting, is essentially just smoke and mirrors on the part of Macrovision, to attempt to distract people from the reality that RipGuard JUST DIDN'T WORK."

Gurm:
I really don't remember but wasn’t Macrovision and rip guard being dumped by major content providers as useless in the new world. In that case they are trying to drum up a little business. Somehow I doubt the porn industry is going to sign up to the royalty fees required on something that has become as common as dirt to break. And I hope you understood what I was saying before. The infrastructures’ and speeds we now enjoy are a good part of the roll porn played in the beginning. I sit back and wonder how many young users here ever got to play with Netscape V1.0 as the net was growing up. Knowing the roots and history of something so common in our lives today is a noble and worthwhile thing.