On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 10:26:52AM +0300, Matthieu Weber wrote: > Yes, but there must be no link from Freevo's homepage to the brazilian > web site hosting the binaries, because that would be ``publishing a way > to get around the copy protection systems''. And if we don't give the > end-users an easy and straightforward way to download the binaries, they > will not be happy.
I'm not sure how it works; but Debian includes a script called "install-css" which will fetch and install dvdcss automatically, so perhaps something like that on install would work. > Disclaimer: this was just an idea, I'm not a lawyer, and I don't know it > it would be completely legal. Anyway, if RIAA, MPAA & friends want to > sue the Freevo project, the fact that it is not hosted in U.S. will > probably make not much of a difference. I suppose the U.S. government > has some power in Brazil the same way it has in Europe... (If not, then > congratulations to the brazilian people for being completely independant > from the U.S.) I'm in Canada, where there are no laws (yet) I actually spoke to a government panel on it... but the whole thing needs to be handled cleanly for users, but also without exposing us to risk. Aubin ------------------------------------------------------- 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
