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To: taxcontrol

This law could make playing DVDs under Linux a federal crime.


13 posted on 04/24/2006 8:04:28 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: MediaMole
This law could make playing DVDs under Linux a federal crime.

Technically, it already is. The library [libdvdcss] for decoding the the disc is illegal in the US (under DMCA), although its legality has never been tested in court. Well, it was sent to court in Norway, where the DVD CSS was cracked, but the case was dropped. But its out in the wild so its a moot point.

18 posted on 04/24/2006 8:29:35 AM PDT by AFreeBird (your mileage may vary)
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