I for one like hdcp or at the least dont mind it as much as i used t, it might be a pain to get used to but its not that bad. I like the idea of making it harder for pirates....
I dont see how hdcp is "getting in the way of regular folk" its rather simple
It's obvious that you really don't understand anything at all. OK, basically you have three things here that you're refusing to accept:
1.) Pirates crack DVD's in SOFTWARE, that means HDCP CANNOT prevent piracy.
2.) HDCP is meant to prevent people from RECORDING HD content, but that's not how pirates copy disks.
So there's no "good side" to HCDP. Now let's look at your second coment:
3.) HDCP prevents normal people from viewing content on devices they already own. It requires one to THROW AWAY their $4k plasma screen and buy a new one that's HDCP compliant, in order to view HD content at HD resolutions. Now, if you spend $4k on a plasma screen and found out it was worthless, you'd be a little pissed too!
OK, so plasma screens don't live forever. So say you bought an $8k projector...a device that last much longer. And say you bought it before HDCP units were available. You just out to be able to FORCE INTEL TO MAKE AN EXCHANGE to an otherwise identical HDCP-compliant version.
Couldn't agree with you more!