On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 13:25 +0100, Sam Geeraerts wrote: > Ted Smith wrote: > > Well, don't worry -- to my knowledge, DeCSS is illegal in the US as > > well. :) However, unlike Singapore (I can't speak for Singapore), it > > almost certainly isn't enforced, and is safe to install and use. > > > > If you think it's rather unjust for a "free" country to ban a piece of > > software, you should stop buying encrypted DVD's, and write your > > congresspeople to tell them not to support the Digital Millennium > > Copyright Act, the law that makes tools like DeCSS criminal. They will > > probably ignore you, because the money they get from the MPAA (Motion > > Picture Association of America) is far more than that they could get > > from you, but hopefully if enough people voice their concern over this > > truly orwellian law, it will be overturned. > > > Although DeCSS isn't illegal in Belgium, I decided to stop buying > encrypted DVDs. At the time I was collecting all of Star Trek (except > Enterprise), secondhand because I already felt uncomfortable about > companies making a profit off of DRM'ed media. So now I'm about a > quarter short of the complete series. I guess those missing seasons will > have to wait until DRM will be abolished. > > I also stopped buying CD's partly because it's hard to know for sure if > there is any copy protection crap on them. And because of Sony's root > kit of course. > > Do you happen to know of a list of DVDs that are not encrypted (and > region code free)? Even though there's still the issue of patented > formats, I like to buy those DVDs to show my support for the > creator/distributor's dismissal of DRM. So far I have Revolution OS, > Elephants Dream and Big Buck Bunny.
Sorry, I actually don't know of any. I try not to give money to the MPAA, so when I do watch movies it's typically on TV. I very rarely buy CD's as well, mostly because there are no stores around me that have any of the types of music I want. However, I think buying CD's would be safe, as they're pretty easy to rip, and no rootkit could run on GNU/Linux. Are CD's encrypted in the same sense that DVD's are?
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