On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 11:32:50AM +0100, Q wrote: > However my impression now is that people appear to fall into two camps on > this, those who are concenrned about the exact letter of the law and who are > anxious to comply - and those who don't give a damn, think these laws are > silly and absubed and and unjust and who are willing to accept ay > 'percieved' risks in order to pursue as what they see as their inherant > civil liberties. > > I guess its not hard to work out which camps both you and I fall into.
You don't necessarily have to fall into a camp. I definitely find the legalities absurd, and many countries have even deemed DVD restrictions illegal (in some parts of Europe and Australia IIRC) > Personally I don't give a damn - and for those who do, given the long > standing legal status of these issues (as far as I know they have always > been technically illegal under Linux) then maybe this isn't the best place > for them to be? The status of MP3 and DVD playback on MS windows has at > least always been pretty clear. If you wish to tie yourself up in legal > knots, this is likely to be the only way (for now) that you will be able to > resolve them. Actually even Windows would require you to download a seperate application to watch DVDs... but it's more due to mpeg2 licensing. > Until however we see a single sucessful prosecution of someone using a Linux > operating system to backup their own legally owned media, the so called > 'risks' involved are in my view heavily overstated. 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
