[plug] Unable to view movie DVD with Linux

Bernd Felsche bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au
Sun Apr 29 18:20:45 WST 2007


Joshua Chase <joshych at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>not quite that extreme.

>Michael Holland <myk at myk.id.au> wrote: On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Joshua Chase wrote:

>> be careful with technicalities...

>Huh? Why?  They'd be locking up everybody if they had to prosecute every
>illegal act. Owning an iPod or VCR would be a prima facie case for
>copyright violation.  Nobody is going to sue users of unlicensed DVD
>players. Yet. Some recent legislation is very scary.

It'd be easier to prosecute the retailers of the devices.
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