On 1/18/06, John Pugh <jpugh@novell.com> wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:19 am, in message
> <200601181019.09276.steve@szmidt.org>, steve@szmidt.org wrote:
> > On Wednesday 18 January 2006 02:21, Bob Stia wrote:
> >> Uummmm.... Hey guys, supposedly playing encrypted DVDs is illegal on
> a
> >> computer. Even if you bought and own the disc. Xine & Mplayer are
> >> purposely crippled by many distros to prevent this because of legal
> >> restrictions/fears. Don't know about Debian and the other distros
> but in
> >> Suse you have to dump the distro package and get an un- crippled
> one. In
> >> SuSE you can get either or both at the Packman site. A little
> googling will
> >> point you in the right direction. You MUST also install a copy of
> libdvdcss
> >> to play these DVDs or it won't work. Even libdvdcss has been pulled
> from
> >> many sites in the US and Europe because of these
> restrictions/regulations.
> >> It is available though. I got my latest copy from a site in Brazil.
> I've
> >> been watching DVD movies for several years now. (Since 8.2 - now at
> 10.0)
> >
> > What I remember of the case is that it is not illegal. Further judges
> have
> > been slamming down on what amounts to trying to over reach what the
> DMCA was
> >
> > designed for. It's also being held as unconstitutional by the EFF. I
> think
> > every recent case brought on by the record industry have been knocked
> down
> > by
> > the judges.
> >
> > The guy who wrote the tool to read dvd's (Jon Leech) ended up winning
> the
> > case
> > on appeal in Norway. Ditto with another case in CA where they decided
> to
> > drop
> > the case for distributing DeCSS. California Appeal Court upheld that
> it's
> > legal to distribute.
> >
> > People pulled it because they were afraid to get legally involved.
> Even if
> > you
> > are in the right it's expensive to go to court, as I'm sure you
> know.
> >
> > You can get it and other (legal) upgrades here:
> > http://stanton- finley.net/
>
> FWIW...Novell/SUSE was asked as part of our license agreement with
> Real, Intel and others to not include the parts that MAY potentially
> violate any type of piracy, DCMA, or RIAA "licenses". That is why a lot
> of the MM stuff isn't in the distribution, but is available thru YOU
> (yast online update) after the fact.
>
Is this true for the downloadable ISO's or the boxed CD's too?
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