"Q" wrote: > I think for users who are genuinely concerned about the legal issues, there > maybe should be a version without the problematical components and codecs. > (Though what you could do with a HTPC system that cannot do very much > escapes me). For those who are unconcerned (like me - as far as I'm > concerned as long as I'm not profiting and not pirating my media what I do > is up to me) there should perhaps be another version.
It's not about the user. He's (the German user) doing nothing wrong when downloading Freevo with mplayer and decss. _We_ break the law by putting it on the server because we distribute something that can handle with copy protected stuff. But since sorceforge is in US, we should check the law there. > No one else is all that worried about it right now - and as I said, every > time you watch a DVD on linux at the moment your breaking the law anyway. In > my view some laws are just too absurd to warrant any serious consideration. When you break the law at home, noone can proof it. When you upload something that breaks the law ... that's different. > Fair enough if you want to prevent piracy, but there is no good > justification whatsoever in preventing a user from backing up and > enjoying their own piad for media. You mean like: when it's illegal to watch my own DVD, it can't get worse by watching a copy....interessting point. Dischi -- Reality is for people who lack imagination. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
