[olug] dvds

[Luke-Jr]

On Saturday, November 13, 2010 02:18:30 pm T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> It is illegal to circumvent copyright measures. I don't think enabling
> playback of something you own really counts. 

You have to circumvent copyright measures to play (encrypted) DVDs.

> But no one has ever gone after a distro that included libdvdcss2.

I don't think any mainstream US distros have included libdvdcss2.
Obviously the DMCA can't be enforced against foreign companies.