Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:08:20 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Subject: Re: ATAPI dvdreader always fails on a particular DVD movie title Message-ID: <86zluzmd23.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <200801191619.43588.josh@tcbug.org> (Josh Paetzel's message of "Sat\, 19 Jan 2008 16\:19\:37 -0600") References: <1200679902.4790ebdee1975@webmail.rawbw.com> <47921F6E.8020806@FreeBSD.org> <f31d9dda6c3a1cc584600d14f34edbf7@gmail.com> <200801191619.43588.josh@tcbug.org>
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Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> writes: > In a nut shell, in many places it's illegal to use 'nonauthorized' > tools (like libdvdcss) to decrypt DVDs for any purpose (including > playback). Please provide documentation. It's certainly not illegal in Europe, not in Canada as far as I know; I'm unsure about the US, but it seems to be permitted under the DMCA's Section 1201(f) (caveat: IANAL). > On top of that, the underlying tool used by nearly everything that > reads movie DVDs on FreeBSD (libdvdcss) is unmaintained by anyone > upstream, as time goes on more and more dvds are released that it > either can't decrypt or are able to choke it. I am not aware of any DVDs that libdvdcss chokes on. The last time I heard of such a thing, I loaned Sam Hocevar a copy and he fixed it. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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