Well, i don't think i installed anything illegal. At least i didn't
install any rpm named deCSS. I only installed 5 rpm's of MPlayer :
Mplayer-common, MPlayer, MPlayer-default font, MPlayer-gui, and
MPlayer-default skin. And i installed them from the cd of Gelecek Linux,
which is a completely legal linux distribution here in Turkey.
Xine said it won't play Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, because it's
encrypted. But Mplayer played it. I don't know if it's really encrypted or
not. Anyway, i'm a newbie.
What has mr. ashcroft or any other person to do with my butt? I'm not
living in US, but they're welcome in Istanbul. When i subscribed this list
as a newbie, i never thought i could hear any thing like that..
Marino Fernandez
I've had the same problem with Xine. It says Xine doesn't and will never play encrypted dvd's, because it's illegal.
What is illegal is playing encrypted DVD using and open source algorythm (according to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act)... because the decryption program is open source... anybody can look at the algorithm (CSS) and crack it... defeating the purpose of encrypting the file (what ever that is). People cracked the CSS algorithm anyway and came up with deCSS; but this program is not legal... this is the illegal part. Any program in linux that plays encrypted DVD has that decrypting program (deCSS)... It does not matter if it is Ogle or Mplayer or Xine... if it uses decss (or however you want to call it) is illegal... So why worry; get ogle, Mplayer and xine, and the appropiate plugins amd see for yourself... Linux is about choices, and this 3 programs and their plugins are freely available and work well in SuSE. And Oguz, if your Mplayer plays encrypted DVD, is already illegal in the USA... so watch out, John Ashcroft already wants your butt!! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com OGUZ EREN YAPI VE KREDI BANKASI A.S. / TEKNOLOJI YONETIMI Tel : 262 647 21 29 Fax : 262 647 17 12 www.ykteknoloji.com ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bu mesajda, yalnizca muhatabini ilgilendiren, kisiye veya kuruma ozel bilgiler yer aliyor olabilir. Mesajin muhatabi degilseniz, icerigini ve varsa ekindeki dosyalari kimseye aktarmayiniz ya da kopyalamayiniz. Boyle bir durumda lutfen gondereni uyarip, mesaji imha ediniz. Gostermis oldugunuz hassasiyetten oturu tesekkür ederiz. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Thank you for your co-operation.