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<blockquote data-quote="jchutch2" data-source="post: 1477805" data-attributes="member: 285949">Ugh! I can't stand when people just throw the word illegal out there when they're completely uninformed. In the U.S. there is NO law that protects software from being decompiled, snooped, unencoded, and otherwise completely laid open by one who has purchased or obtained it legally. Courts in this country have CONSISTENTLY affirmed a private user's right to know exactly what code does when installed on their PCs. The only thing that is illegal is the unauthorized DISTRIBUTION of protected content.Basically anyone can open, inspect, and even make copies of anything they purchase; cd, DVD, BR, or software, etc. The only time the law is broken is when they provide that content to someone else. At that point they're distributing the material and am breaking the law.People have EVERY right and reason to &quot;snoop other people's source code&quot; if they've been legitimately provided the code and are going to be putting on THEIR own computers. Quit giving people completely bad and wrong device.Yes, I know this is an old post, but people still come across it. These falsities need to be corrected everywhere they're found.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jchutch2, post: 1477805, member: 285949"] Ugh! I can't stand when people just throw the word illegal out there when they're completely uninformed. In the U.S. there is NO law that protects software from being decompiled, snooped, unencoded, and otherwise completely laid open by one who has purchased or obtained it legally. Courts in this country have CONSISTENTLY affirmed a private user's right to know exactly what code does when installed on their PCs. The only thing that is illegal is the unauthorized DISTRIBUTION of protected content. Basically anyone can open, inspect, and even make copies of anything they purchase; cd, DVD, BR, or software, etc. The only time the law is broken is when they provide that content to someone else. At that point they're distributing the material and am breaking the law. People have EVERY right and reason to "snoop other people's source code" if they've been legitimately provided the code and are going to be putting on THEIR own computers. Quit giving people completely bad and wrong device. Yes, I know this is an old post, but people still come across it. These falsities need to be corrected everywhere they're found. [/QUOTE]

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