Re: [SLUG] Novell's CTO Blog - new entry

From: Robin 'Roblimo' Miller (robin@roblimo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 24 2006 - 14:23:48 EDT


>
> Huh. The "play all regions" hack I did to my DVD player must have
> enabled such operations, because I don't have those restriction. I'd
> be mighty annoyed too.

I believe such hacks are prohibited under the DMCA. What you are doing
is probably as illegal as downloading and installing Win32 codecs for
Linux, something no right-thinking, law-abiding American citizen would
ever think of doing.

- Robin

"When using patented codecs in Linux is outlawed, only outlaws will be
able to view .mov and .wmv files on their Linux computers." - R. Miller
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 17:48:08 EDT