[ILUG] Legality of commercial DVD playback.

[Gareth Eason]

Rory Browne wrote:
[snip]
>     some method of viewing the material on Linux - though this is
>     tempered by the
>     fact that hardware DVD players are available publicly, etc., etc.
> 
>  
> There is room for arguement - "Make available" does not necesarly mean
> provide, nor
> does it imply zero-cost or DFSG-compliance-of-licence . For example
> there is a solution available
> in the form of Cyberlink Power Cinema, that pays the relevent ransoms, etc.
[snip]

	Exactly my point, as referenced by hardware DVD players above. It might
go some way towards precluding the removal of libdvdcss though, since
it's in common use. I don't know - I'm neither a lawyer nor a judge :)

	Best regards,
	-->Gar