On Monday 01 January 2007 20:49, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote: > > Thanks for the info, Paulo. I'm not very au fait with codecs, which is > > why I asked. It's not really 'my thing', but it is nice, sometimes to be > > able to play a disk. Actually, to be really honest, it just peeves me > > that someone can try to stop me viewing something that I've legally > > bought :-) It's a bit like saying that I can buy a book, but I can't > > read it on the train, in bed or in the bath :-) > > Anne, > > what breaks the dvd protection is libdvdcss (illegal in certain countries). > This is why in linux (or in windows, if you use vlc) there is no need of > setting any region in the dvd player. > > However, the MPAA (http://www.mpaa.org/) has financed a long battle, since > the source code appeared > on the net. > > If you like to know the whole history, then check for instance, this link > (despite of the name, it is just a magazine): > > http://www.out-law.com/page-4335 > I've read the story of DVD-Jon over the years, and cheered along with everyone else (almost everyone) when the courts upheld his rights. No-one will ever convince me that we are doing anything wrong in viewing a DVD that we own. We have bought the right to view it, and they took our money. That's a contract in my eyes. And we're not the ones that broke the contract. Anne
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