I've been saying the same since the WoWGlider case - they basically just made a program to give users full control over software running on their own computers. Sure, control which violated a license, but can you really write a license to take control over something someone else owns outright? If they loaned you the computer, they might have an argument, but if you own it, it seems insane.
It is ludicrous that you can't control execution on your own CPU without their permission or even simply peek and poke a byte in your own RAM... I own my hardware and I exert my rights to it every chance I get, but I break the law often in doing so. Whether it's flipping a bit to bypass that anti-VM protection, play a game with 3rd party mods needed to make it work on modern hardware or use the full capabilities of the phone I own outright. These things are all blatantly against copyright law in one or many ways, yet I engage in them daily.
Ludicrous may actually be a generous way to put it.
It is ludicrous that you can't control execution on your own CPU without their permission or even simply peek and poke a byte in your own RAM... I own my hardware and I exert my rights to it every chance I get, but I break the law often in doing so. Whether it's flipping a bit to bypass that anti-VM protection, play a game with 3rd party mods needed to make it work on modern hardware or use the full capabilities of the phone I own outright. These things are all blatantly against copyright law in one or many ways, yet I engage in them daily.
Ludicrous may actually be a generous way to put it.