I think this is being talked up a little too much. now Lol... I'm kind of sorry I even mentioned it...
But if your going to start talking about taking all that stuff out, your going to pretty much chop off the head of Freevo itself. I think for users who are genuinely concerned about the legal issues, there maybe should be a version without the problematical components and codecs. (Though what you could do with a HTPC system that cannot do very much escapes me). For those who are unconcerned (like me - as far as I'm concerned as long as I'm not profiting and not pirating my media what I do is up to me) there should perhaps be another version. In both cases however, it should be made as easy and straightforward as possible for users to add any desired functionality that had been ommited should they so choose. No one else is all that worried about it right now - and as I said, every time you watch a DVD on linux at the moment your breaking the law anyway. In my view some laws are just too absurd to warrant any serious consideration. And DRM/copy protection laws are among these. Fair enough if you want to prevent piracy, but there is no good justification whatsoever in preventing a user from backing up and enjoying their own piad for media. Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dirk Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Aubin Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:52 PM Subject: [Freevo-users] Re: audio.cdbackup > Aubin Paul wrote: > > As long as all Freevo does is call third-party applications, or > > libraries like dvdread that can, but do not require css, I don't see > > why we couldn't do it. > > It's not about Freevo itself, it's about the Freevo binary release > which includes mplayer _and_ stuff to decode DVDs. The audio cd stuff > is no problem, because it's a hardware copy protection. The only > problem is libdecss which is illegal. Also the distribution of some > codecs in binary format. > > > Dischi > > -- > +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++ > -- (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
