On Mon 28.07.2003 at 02:58:26PM +0100, Q wrote: > > On Mon 28.07.2003 at 02:41:32PM +0200, Dirk Meyer wrote: > > > They are testing copy protected audio cds in Germany right now. I bet > > > until the end they have the same in Canada for all new stuff. > > > > Same in France (where I'm from) and in Finland (where I live). Or do you > > think about yet another Audio CD protection system? > > > > > Don't ship anything with Freevo that may be illegal. I'm also not > > > happy with the mplayer shipped with Freevo, because this mplayer > > > contains DeCSS and in 3 days for now, it's illegal in Germany to > > > distribute software that can bypass copyprotection. [1]. > > > > MPlayer, as is, is infringing patents about MPEG4 in the U.S. (and Japan > > too), because of ffmpeg and xvid. But this is still legal in Europe (but > > might become illegal after the vote in the European Parliament in > > September :( ). > > > > One solution is to host the runtime in a country which has not such > > restrictions, or tell people to get and compile their own mplayer if > > they want to watch DVDs, and distribute an mplayer without DeCSS. And > > tell U.S. citizens that they are not allowed to download mplayer anyway. > > > > I know this is not user-friendly, since it will break the "0 config" > > feature of Freevo. > > > > > Yes, we in Germany beat you guys in America in this point of stupidity > > > :-( > > > > DMCA in USA *is* that stupid too, AFAIK. But France is following the > > same path than Germany. Only Finland refused the EUCD at first (but it > > will come anyway later I suppose). > > > > > Footnotes: > > > [1] This law is very stupid, and I hope it will change back. I buy a > > > DVD, I buy a DVD-ROM, but I'm not allowed to watch my DVD with > > > mplayer. > > > > Actually you are, if you pay the right to do so... > > Well look, the sensible thing is not to get too worked up over the > legalities.
Well, you don't risk anything if someone decides to sue Freevo. But the maintainers might. > To my mind this is all part of MS and big business' DRM plans, that much to > MS' glee are apparently set to destroy the potential for Linux to act as a > desktop OS, or for it to have any multi-media capacity at all. Deliberate or > not (and perhaps from MS' and other's stand point, its purely beneficial) > that is exactly the direction we're headed in. Don't see MS everywhere. They are a big company, but they are not yet running the whole world. Don't forget RIAA and MPAA, which are more likely to sue Freevo than MS, if this ever happens. Matthieu -- (~._.~) Matthieu Weber - Universit� de Jyv�skyl� (~._.~) ( ? ) email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ? ) ()- -() public key id : 452AE0AD ()- -() (_)-(_) "Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht (Germain Muller)" (_)-(_) ------------------------------------------------------- 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
