On Sunday, 22 February 2009 at 03:01, Adam Nielsen wrote: > > Fact is, nobody has ever in history of mankind EVER been arrested or > > sued for being in their home, for backing up (i.e. 'ripping'), or playing > > a movie they owned > > Just because you don't get caught it doesn't make it legal. Most cops are > more interested in fighting actual crimes instead of arresting people for > watching DVDs with mplayer, but the RIAA would much rather they arrest mplayer > users :-) > > According to the DMCA it's illegal to possess code that can circumvent copy > protection, which is exactly what mplayer has to do in order to play a DVD. Possess, no. Distribute, yes. Regards, R. -- MPlayer http://mplayerhq.hu | RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users
