>| DeCSS was originally written by some German Crackers (note the C) who
>| posted their l337 code to haxor / warez sites with instructions on how to
>| use it to copy DVDs onto VCDs. It was originally written for pirating, and
>| only ran on Windows.
>
> A rather bald assertion. DeCSS was written to facilitate playback, not
> piracy. I've yet to see any evidence to the contrary.
And, FYI, at least one of the Oxford LUG has successfully played his Titanic
DVD on his Linux box.
Besides, the pirates who will be flooding Asian and other markets with pirated
DVDs (if they aren't already) don't use poxy consumer DVD players. They'll have
commercial production facilities, and as Cameron says won't be significantly
impeded by funny tracks.
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