[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Commandline switch to enable/disable DVD protection
Diego Biurrun
diego at biurrun.de
Wed Jan 29 12:09:00 CET 2003
Krister Lagerstrom writes:
> My motivation for this flag is to be able to distribute a binary
> version of MPlayer that hopefully will be legal in all/most countries
> as far as DVD protection is concerned. The flag can be used in wrapper
> programs for MPlayer. It could then be removed by the users who live in
> countries where it is legal to play and backup protected DVDs using
> mplayer/mencoder (e.g. Norway, land of the free :-).
Couldn't this still be called a circumvention device under the DMCA?
I doubt that this option achieves what you wish for..
Diego
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