On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:56 AM, John Musbach wrote:
> In addition I do know that there was one dvd ripping software > which was banned from being sold in the US because it successfully > decrypted protected DVDs, doing such is indeed illegal. I think you're thinking of DeCSS <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS> which was declared illegal because it was a DMCA violation, but since the source code is protected under free speech, I can wear a T-shirt with the code printed on it, or express it in any of a variety of methods <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/index.html> See here, with the source code ASCII-arted into a DVD logo <http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/decss-tshirt/20999686 > -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
