On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Civileme wrote:
> nroult wrote:
>
> > I would like to know where i could find a DVD player for Linux ( Mandrake 6.1 )
> > Thanks
> > Nicolas
>
> Right now, there is no support for DVD. Expect that to change very soon.
> Decoding software is available (Open Source) though the DVD CCA is screaming and
> trying to get injunctions against it, claiming it will promote piracy.
Actualy there is. 7.0 has everything we can give you without haveing to
retain (another) lawyer. The two missing pieces are the css-auth, and a
decoder. css-auth unlocks the disk so the data can be read, it does not
actualy decode the a/v streams. Now the bad news, there is only one card
that we can use it does the decodeing in hardware.
> In reality piracy was always possible, just burn the DVD bit for bit. The only
> thing the decoder software does is eliminate the proprietary Decoder card and
> remove the need for an expensive DVD player. Still, the folks who designed,
> manufactured and overpriced the players are seeking legal protection from reverse
> engineering. (Since when did this become legally protectable?)
>
> Hmmmmmmphhhhhh!
>
> http://home.highertech.net/~gigantor/
>
> has a link for the 57K package called DeCSS.--most probably compiled for windows
>
> http://www.opendvd.org/dvd-munitions.tar.gz has the 3328K linux source
I'd recommend everyone download a copy of this (wether they think they
want it or not) Before they by some freak chance get an injunction.
> And www.opendvd.org has the whole sordid story. Seems everyone thinks they can
> act just like Microsoft.
>
> >From that source you should be able to compile something that will work with L-M
> 6.1. Obviously, no distro-maker is likely to carry the stuff until the legal
> entanglements are cleared. I rather expect the nonsense will be laughed out of
> court and I hope someone tags the DVD CCA for a frivolous and capricious lawsuit.
>
> Civileme
Their case is total crap, the only way it will standup is if the person to
actualy do the reverse engineering at one time actualy worked for these
people, and was privy to the code used.
