While it is true that performing the instructions for playing encrypted DVDs, the Americans to who I'd recommend Ubuntu would be stopped with this first caution: "In some countries it is possible that the use of some of the following software to play or copy DVDs is not permitted by law. Verify that you are within your rights in using it."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2kakuk As you can see with the above link, our government is very serious about preventing circumvention of electronic data protection (DRM). News and media outlets also are making sure citizens here know the importance of not breaking the laws regarding electronic circumvention, so it is becoming increasingly unlikely that average computer users here will be willing to risk performing potentially illegal actions in order to use their computer. (Regardless whether the two are morally, legally, or technically equivalent, I think we can agree the console-mod busts may prevent people from risking arrest, even if they misunderstand the matter.) I am curious what Canonical did for Dell's users, in the USA. Probably pointed them to this same website? Meanwhile, unencrypted playback is very much possible without fearing that precaution. But, the average user is not going to know while of those steps needs to be skipped in order to make the installation legal. That's why I think the documentation should be updated. Ubuntu should have DVD playback, as long as the user doesn't buy into any DRM protection rackets, which is entirely possible although unlikely. -- Totem will not play dvd https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/28596 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
