[plug] Open source DVD playback

[John Knight]

Oh please, be a bit more forward thinking! How can you release an open 
source decryption programme if you want the decryption process to be kept 
secret?

There's only one real way to approach the situation and if DVD itself is 
"closed" and no-one (I mean big and licensed companies) will release a Linux 
player, then we're stuffed, aren't we? At least we could have the 
opportunity to play the sodding things.

>
>On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, John Knight wrote:
>
> > Linux DVD players have been using decss to playback encrypted DVDs and
>
> > decss is on the way to being declared VERY ILLEGAL.
>
> > This is just an idea of mine, but why don't the 'DVD standard people'
>
> > release a closed source, executable decryption programme?
>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Please point out all the flaws in my logic
>
>HTH,
>
>-Greg
>
>


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