On Friday, March 16, 2012 13:13:30, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 08:20:22PM -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > > On Thursday, March 15, 2012 16:11:00, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 09:48:02AM +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > > > > Why so? If I make a copy for backup and want to use it, how would I > > > > do that without use of decss or similar? Or is making a backup copy > > > > no legitimate use anymore? > > > > > > You don't need decss to make a backup copy of a DVD. All you have to > > > do is a block copy of the media. That is just one of the reasons the > > > arguments against decss are/were less than intelligent. > > > > That depends on whether the DVD will fit onto the media its to be burnt > > to. If the DVD needs to be resampled in order to get it to fit onto the > > burnt media, then you need to be able to decypher it to be able to do > > that. > > Resampling could be termed a derivative work, not a backup copy since you > are throwing away information contained in the original.
That may be, but some source media is > 8 GB such that a direct copy cannot be made onto even a dual-layer DVD, so resampling is the only option if a "backup" (as far as the layman is concerned) is to be made. That this procedure becomes a derivative work simply illustrates one of the areas where d.o and d-m.o philosophically diverge even though both share common ground in trying to support a universal operating system. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle chris.kna...@coredump.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201203161516.21573.chris.kna...@coredump.us