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[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Saturday 27 May 2006 00:07, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op vr, 26-05-2006 te 17:50 +1000, schreef Alexander Jacob Tsykin:
> > On Friday 26 May 2006 02:52, Jan Claeys wrote:
> > > Playing DVDs using CSS on "linux" has never been illegal (not even in
> > > the USA).  (In many countries you need a license though.)
> >
> > It is illegal to use libdvdcss in the USA, to the ebst of my knowledge,
> > which means that effectively you cannot play css dvds legally
>
> Why, would it be illegal to use that or another CSS decryption library
> if I have a license from the DVD consortium?  In fact, there are many
> linux-based devices on the market that can play DVDs, as well as there
> is commercial DVD-playing software for linux.
>
It is illegal in the absence of such a license, which is essentially 
unattainable for private citizens making it effectively illegal

Sasha