On Wed, 23 May 2001, "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What are the legal implications to reverse-engineering their format and
> > making our own clients and servers?
>
> Programmers giveth, and the DMCA taketh away. It's illegal. DeCSS was
> designed for completely legal compatibility reasons, but it was
> outlawed because it threatened the license revenue of the MPAA.
Does a similar problem exist with the mp3 players and encoders
(e.g. mpg123 and bladeenc, respectively)?
Thanks,
Karl
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