libdvdcss

[Matthew East]

On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 09:55 -0500, Jerry Haltom wrote:
> libdvdcss is basically a hack which doesn't require a license from the
> DVD consortium to function. Under the DMCA, and backed up by a court
> case, it is not legal to distribute in the US.

Interesting, is this a recent case? Last time this came up on sounder I
googled a bit and found that there had been a case involving deCSS but
never libdvdcss, and as a result its legal status (in terms of whether
it subverts copy protection) was regarded as unclear.

Matt
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