On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:33:46 -0600 Ron Hunter-Duvar got hold of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
> This particular brand of IP insanity only exists in the US, AFAIK. But the US > is working hard pressuring other countries to adopt it as well, under threat > of trade sactions. For now, if you're outside the US, it's probably legal to > install libdvdcss and enjoy the DVDs you've paid for (but IAMAL). > > If Mandriva, or any other Linux company, included libdvdcss, they would face > the possibility of being banned in the US. Not to mention having their > employees arrested if they ever set foot there. Don't laugh, I'm not > exaggerating, it's already happened. Google on "DVD Jon" and see what kind of > police state the US has become. Hey! I'm the designated 'America is run by a bunch of thugs' guy around here! Thanks for fillin' in for me while I was on vacation, though ;) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged." -- Noam Chomsky
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