On 4/29/05, Joseph Sinclair <plug-discuss@stcaz.net> wrote:

The error you're getting is similar to the one I get when I attempt to
play a region-locked DVD (secondary text is "cannot open resource").
Even though my player is set for the correct region. I don't have DeCSS
installed (since I don't like to break the law, even really bad laws
like the DMCA), so I guess most commercial DVD's just won't play on my
Ubuntu box.

I hope this does not turn into another 'The law vs. OSS' debate, but I have a few questions for you...

1) Do you own or did you legally rent the DVD's you're trying to play?
2) Do you own your dvd player?
3) Are the subject DVDs intended for your current region?
4) Are you intending to distribute software with libdvdcss included in order to circumvent the DVD's copy protection?

If the answers to 1-3 are Yes, and to 4 is No... Why do you think you would be breaking the law?

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