On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 07:40:34AM +0200, Peter Gantner (nephros) wrote: > Thu, 27 Sep 2007 quidam 'Anthony E. Caudel' inquit ita: > >> Thinking about ordering a DVD from Amazon.uk (not available here in the >> US). It is a region 2 DVD and is in PAL format unlike the NTSC here in >> the states. >> >> Will the DVD play in Mplayer? > > An alternative would be to get hold of a regionless firmware somewhere on > the internet and flash the drive with that, but this is most likely illegal > in your country under the DMCA.
rpc1.org would be a good bet for the firmware route, which I'd recommend (AFAIK breaking css is illegal under the dmca anyway, so I can't see this as being a much bigger legal issue than playing any encrypted DVD under Linux). IANAL, of course. If in doubt, move to Finland. -Nick -- GPG Key : www.njw.me.uk/nick.gpg.asc GPG Key ID: 04E4653F GPG Fingerprint: 9732 D7C7 A441 D79E FDF0 94F6 1F48 5674 04E4 653F
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