Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:33:59 -0500 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DeCSS Message-ID: <20000221223359.K92177@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <38B20317.8C63436C@bellatlantic.net>; from babkin@bellatlantic.net on Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 10:31:35PM -0500 References: <20000221020555.D5BD51CD9@overcee.netplex.com.au> <38B20317.8C63436C@bellatlantic.net>
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 10:31:35PM -0500, Sergey Babkin wrote: > > I would love to make a port of this, for reasons that become obvious once you > > see the page. (Think of all the mailing list archives and mirrors) > > > > http://www.totse.com/DeCSS/ > > > > Be sure to read it before commenting, it's not what you might think. > > I can't help keeping wondering if this MAA > is missing the point completely: why would > someone need the decryption to make a _copy_ ? > A copy is a copy and it appears to me that > the encrypted bits written on the disk surface > could be copied just exactly as well as the > decrypted bits. Probably the real reason they > start this activity is because otherwise they > would lose some kind of royalties from the > DVD-players manufacturers. You're one of those people who follows instructions, are you? I'll restate what Peter said. > > Be sure to read it before commenting, it's not what you might think. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Office: 800-252-2421 x128 / Cell: 248-761-7272 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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