[MPlayer-users] DeCSS legal status

Luis.F.Correia Luis.F.Correia at seg-social.pt
Mon Mar 31 12:18:42 CEST 2003


>I don't think so. Just explicitly disable -dump*, -vo mpegpes, etc. on the
mplayer 
>binary on the cd and it's clear that you've made something that can't be
used for copying.

As correct as this statment is, it is also true that DeCSS is in fact used
to watch the DVD.
Since DeCSS is circumventing CSS, it is a conflict with the DMCA...

AFAIK, everytime we watch a legaly bought DVD with DeCSS, we are breaking
the law :)

But, this is pure legalese sh*t, it can be used almost everywhere except for
the US.

And I wouldn't care less ;)



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