how to get libdvdcss and w32codecs through apt

[Russell McOrmond]

Etienne Goyer wrote:
> I found out that installing gstreamer-plugins-bad and
> gstreamer-plugins-ugly was all I needed to be able to read/play most
> media on the intarweb.  Also, VLC is a media player that read pretty
> much everything.


   VLC is the player I use.  I bought my first DVD's back in 2001 in 
order to respond to that round of the Copyright consultation 
http://www.flora.ca/copyright-2001-cmpda-reply.shtml .  I only own 2 CSS 
encoded DVD's, but my wife and I have borrowed DVD's from the Ottawa 
Public Library and watched them using VLC many times.

Copyright joke:  The above document is available on Industry Canada's 
Strategis.  It documents how to download VLC and some other software in 
order to circumvent the "DRM" on DVD movies.  If Canada passes a DMCA 
like law, and the courts interpret the law the same way the USA has, 
Strategis will be breaking the law the same way that 2600 Magazine did. 
  http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/

   It is fun Hacking the Government :-)

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