On Friday 10 February 2006 08:26 pm, Technomage wrote:
> On Friday 10 February 2006 19:17, Craig White wrote:
> > ----
> > and I feel compelled to note that I wouldn't condone installing this
> > software onto computers used in the United States as even just the
> > possession of this code may be considered illegal.
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Craig
>
> well,
> it seems to me that the congress was lied to.
> Congress was told by big content when asked if this was going to affect
> current fair use rights and they were told "no!". yet, here we are, fair
> use is all but dead. and yet, here we are 8 years later and folks are
> getting jailed for even *thinking* about playing dvd's in linux.
>
> when will it end?
> a: it won't (if big content has their way).
>
> there is even some rumor as to having hardware tied to drm in such a way as
> to kill linux off in the long run (yeah, it sounds like a conspiracy
> theory, but take a hard long look at it).
>
> in any case, being jailed for just wanting to view your store bought media
> is a bit ridiculous, now isn't it?
well as long as there are FREE countries left in the world. libdvdcss will
still be there. and I will use it to see MY OWN DVD's of which I own a lot.
unfortunately, the USA has long since passed into the realm of a non-FREE
country. And I don't mean just DVD playing.
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