Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:51:26 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CSS authentication for DVD-ROMs Message-ID: <3816E73E.9C36D9C2@pipeline.ch> References: <199910270617.XAA15707@kithrup.com>
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Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > > >Given the recent posting of DVD movie decryption code (see Slashdot > >for details), I was wondering if there was interest for code that > >does CSS authentication for DVD-ROM drives. > > I looked at the slashdot posts, and was surprised (I guess) to see that nobody > seems to know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Part of which makes > it a copyright violation (at $2500/copy distributed) to "manufacture or > distribute technology" which can be used to bypass encryption of digital > works. E.g., DVDs. > > I'm reasonably sure that parts of this will be struck down for constitutional > reasons, but until it is... it's a very risky thing to do. Not every country has the same stupid "copyright" laws as the US. Who cares anyway that they think they can rule the world? -- Andre Oppermann CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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