On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 01:46:23PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 10:23:37AM -0800, Lan Barnes wrote: > >> >>>>>I've just downloaded Gnu xine to my FC3 box to watch (legally rented) > >> >>>>>movies. I can get a nice FBI dire warning, but it says I don't have > >> >>>>>enough rights for the other files. Is this DCSS in action? > >> >>>>> > >1. Am I running up against DCSS here? > > > >2. Which player and addition combination should I use to watch these > >things? > > take a look at dvdbackup, http://dvd-create.sourceforge.net/ I presume > if you satisfy that, your player will work... Maybe you'll need to > include those libraries and/or play from your hd, I think there is > legal prevision for duplicating copyright materal for the purpose of > transporting or accessing it? > > // George
Thanks, George. I probably shouldn't commit this to cyberspace, but I really don't give a rat's patootie about legalisms in these matters. I'm pretty scrupulous about not ripping stuff off, but I have no respect for the stupid and venal body of law growing up around all this. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
