New Copyright law implications for DVD on Linux?

[Tony Yarusso]

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:15 AM, James <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 41.12 (1) Paragraph 41.1(1)(a) does not ap-
> ply to a person who owns a computer program
> or a copy of one, or has a licence to use the pro-
> gram or copy, and who circumvents a techno-
> logical protection measure that protects that
> program or copy for the sole purpose of obtain-
> ing information that would allow the person to
> make the program and any other computer pro-
> gram interoperable.

This wording makes it legal to play a DVD on Linux *if and only if*
you also have a Windows machine with licensed DVD playback software,
AFAICT.

 - Tony