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Re: [opensuse] libdvdcss, mp3, legal shmoo (was: ...from a former gentoo'er)
- From: Andreas Simon <andreas.w.simon@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:31:17 +0200
- Message-id: <200510041131.18430.andreas.w.simon@xxxxxxxxx>
On Tuesday 04 October 2005 09:54, Pascal Bleser wrote:
> So, to summarize: libdvdcss2 is (L)GPL, but infringes patents because they
> break the conditions by which you are allowed to play encrypted DVDs.
Apart from any patents libdvdcss2 circumvents a copy-protection of music data
media. The ownership, distribution, or usage of such copy-protection
circumventions is also illegal in some countries due to the law on copyright
(You already made the example of the german c't magazine which got sued
because of a mere hyperlink to such a circumvention).
Cheers,
Andreas
> So, to summarize: libdvdcss2 is (L)GPL, but infringes patents because they
> break the conditions by which you are allowed to play encrypted DVDs.
Apart from any patents libdvdcss2 circumvents a copy-protection of music data
media. The ownership, distribution, or usage of such copy-protection
circumventions is also illegal in some countries due to the law on copyright
(You already made the example of the german c't magazine which got sued
because of a mere hyperlink to such a circumvention).
Cheers,
Andreas
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