dvd decryption issue

Brian Densmore DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Mon Dec 23 23:04:17 CST 2002


dvd decryption is illegal. Violates the DMCA. HW or SW doesn't matter.
Course, DMCA is a violation of our basic human rights so...
BTW I have the code for decss for anyone that wants it. Have to scan it
off my t-shirts.
You have to promise not to use it for illegal purposes though.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randal [mailto:lerninlinux at comcast.net]
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 4:13 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: dvd decryption issue
> 
> 
> This is probably a stupid question but the whole decss issue, 
>  isn't that 
> moot with a hardware decoder card?  I haven't even tried to 
> run a dvd in 
> Linux yet but when I get  an ITX board (waiting for the m 
> model with 1gig 
> via)  I would like to build a entertainment pc.  It would be 
> for my music and 
> to use as a dvd drive with a decoder, and since it is low 
> wattage, I would 
> probably leave it on and set it up with a mailserver (send or fetch).
> 
> Thanks
> Randal
> Like the email says lerninlinux  however slowly
> 
> 
> majordomo at kclug.org
> 




More information about the Kclug mailing list