"language_fan" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:11:14 -0400, Nick Sabalausky thusly wrote: > >> "Lutger" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >>> >>> - how the distro deals with patented and closed source software. (mp3, >>> dvd, >>> flash, video drivers, etc) >> >> That's a good point. Ubuntu doesn't have mp3, dvd, and (I think) flash >> out-of-the-box, and I found them to be a royal pain in the ass to get >> working. I've heared of "SuperOS" that is apperently just Ubuntu >> pre-packaged with all that stuff and some other things people have found >> to be surprisingly missing from a default Ubuntu. I haven't actually >> tried it though. > > You should know that watching DVDs [1] in america (and today in many > other countries, too) is a copyright crime (via css) unless you pay the > license fees (included in the price of a legal discrete dvd player). > Using a MP3 decoder isn't a crime on in private use, but the distributor > most likely didn't pay the patent fees and is distributing it illegally. > > [1] without a license, copying DVDs in private use is legal, but watching > them isn't
There are certain laws that are immoral to willingly accept. Hollywood lawyers can kiss my ass.
