True.
I very seriously doubt anyone ever has to worry about
using libdvdcss in the USA though. The media companies
stand to lose too much if they tried to take it to court, and
they would almost certainly lose on the grounds of fair use.
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 22:08 -0700, Jerry Davis wrote:
> 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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