Re: [Trisquel-users] Watching dvds on Trisquel

[onpon4]

Blame the DMCA, and other laws implementing the part of the WIPO treaties  
forbidding circumvention of "technological protection measures". Basically,  
DVDs are usually encrypted with an encryption system called CSS, and that  
encryption is used to require DVD players to implement certain restrictions.  
So when a DVD player (or computer) does not implement these restrictions, and  
can read the encrypted DVDs, it is in violation of the law.

So, the DMCA and other similar laws basically allow the copyright industry to  
write its own laws. It's disgusting.