Udo Richter <udo_richter@xxxxxx> wrote: > I think, the parallels to DVD and CSS shed some more light here: > > If you bought a DVD, you have the right to watch it in any licensed > DVD player as often as you like. However, using an open source DVD > player based on DeCSS to watch your DVD is illegal, because DeCSS is a > non-licensed decoder for CSS, and could be used for illegal copies. > > Same here: SoftCAM is an unlicensed decrypter and does not prevent > card emulation and/or sharing. Because of that, it is illegal. Things > would be different if the CAM protocol would be an open standard > protocol that allows such usage. this means talking about the sc plugin is equally exepted as talking about the dvd plugin here? clemens