On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 08:47:42AM -0600, Ross Werner wrote: > On Mon, 23 May 2005, Mark Gardner wrote: > > >I was under the impression that DVD playback (css encryption) was > >illegal in the US because there was no Open Source css decoder? > > Close. DVD playback (css decryption) in Linux is illegal in the US because > the Open Source CSS decoders (like DeCSS) were declared unlawful under the > DMCA (which outlaws trafficking in technologies capable of circumventing > copy protection that uses encryption). The MPAA originally won lawsuits > preventing anyone from even *linking* to DeCSS, much less hosting it. >
And the MPAA has blissfully lost the most recent appeal to their DeCSS lawsuit. Happened about 6 months ago I think. -- Scott Paul Robertson http://spr.mahonri5.net GnuPG FingerPrint: 09ab 64b5 edc0 903e 93ce edb9 3bcc f8fb dc5d 7601
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