God, I hate DRM.

[Niode]

A crack is a method for circumventing copy protection, which is illegal.

Yep, he's right. Anything that circumvents copy protection is illegal according to the DMCA.

It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures (commonly known as Digital Rights Management or DRM) that control access to copyrighted works. It also criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself.

[Erik_Twice]

Anything that circumvents copy protection is illegal according to the

My point is. Copy protection is illegal since you can make as many backups as you wish and they are preventig you from doing so.

[Funk, E]

Nothing about that is illegal. I'm not sure where you're getting your information.

[MrPopo]

Anything that circumvents copy protection is illegal according to the

My point is. Copy protection is illegal since you can make as many backups as you wish and they are preventig you from doing so.

Where are you getting that you are allowed to make backups?

[Niode]

I think he's talking about fair use. Which is ok but the problem is the process of making a backup generally involves the circumvention of copy protection scheme. That simple process is illegal under the DMCA. There's no getting away from it if you live in a country that has the DMCA in effect such as most European countries or the USA.