libdvdcss

[Jerry Haltom]

> deCSS may have let the cat out of the bag, but it would be nice if FSF
> or EFF could clarify the legal position on libdvdcss once an for all.

They don't need to. It's apparent. Go to dvdcca.org. They sell licenses
to use the patents involved in the process and assign you a CSS key for
unscrambling. They are an active body with active enforcement.

libdvdcss, if you read the README, circumvents this system by GUESSING
possible keys, and if that fails, using a brute force method. This
obviously wouldn't fly, and would provoke a lawsuit if it was
distributed.

The lawsuit would be justified for the same reason the MPAA won the
cease and desist order against DeCSS, DMCA, patent laws, etc.