[gentoo-user] decss, legality and all that jazz
Title: decss, legality and all that jazz Fellers, Is DeCSS ok to emerge or what's the deal? Thanks, -Sumeet
Re: [gentoo-user] decss, legality and all that jazz
If you have the File use it. On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 15:42, Sumeet Singh Parmar wrote: > Fellers, > > Is DeCSS ok to emerge or what's the deal? > > Thanks, > -Sumeet -- FX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] decss, legality and all that jazz
Sumeet Singh Parmar wrote: Fellers, Is DeCSS ok to emerge or what's the deal? Thanks, -Sumeet Hi Sumeet, it is ok to use. I got an interesting quote in my signature file from a discussion on a german list regarding changes in german copyright laws. Translated it goes somethin like this: OP: Will it be illegal to view DVDs on Linux that you bought legally (i.e. use decss)? Reply: No it will be illegal to provide the tools (i.e. decss) that you need to view the dvds you bought legally? The point behind that is that the movie guys in the US want money from the companies offering dvd players and who should pay that in an Open Source project?? Christian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] decss, legality and all that jazz
Hi Sumeet I guess it depends on the country you live in, in the US it would be very illegal (DMCA), in some European countries it is illegal only in theory (they could never arrest you on it because of conflicting laws that do protect you), if you live in non-US, non-EU countries (or even in some EU countries), there might be no problem at all. In any case, I wouldn't worry to much about it, if they start arresting people for viewing/listening to stuff they actually paid for... Kind regards Guy On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 00:42, Sumeet Singh Parmar wrote: > Fellers, > > Is DeCSS ok to emerge or what's the deal? > > Thanks, > -Sumeet -- __ Guy Van Sanden http://unixmafia.port5.com Registered Linux user #249404 - September 1997 __ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] decss, legality and all that jazz
On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 17:39, FX wrote: > If you have the File use it. > > > > On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 15:42, Sumeet Singh Parmar wrote: > > Fellers, > > > > Is DeCSS ok to emerge or what's the deal? > > > > Thanks, > > -Sumeet I'm pretty sure that if all you want to do is watch dvd movies you are ok. Jayson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
