On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 05:39:40PM +0000, andy wrote: > Hey all > > Went to play my Pink Floyd "Live at Pompei" DVD and was told that it was > encrypted and that I couldn't play it without libdvdcss. Apparently, > libdvdcss doesn't exist in its own right as something that apt-get can > install, but is referenced by other apps, such as gxine (already > installed) and ogle (which was installed, but I uninstalled it), and > libdvdread3 (which I already have installed). > > What do I do now? > > Thanks > Hi A, welcome to your first exposure to politics of Free software! DVD css was the first flagpole that the entertainment lobby put in the ground to lay claim to your property. Css provides no other use but to forbid you from fully owning your own property. The next flagpole is apple's DRM that they use on their music that stop you from using it anywhere you want. Then there was Microsoft windows media player DRM. The other day I wanted to see channel4.com's new video-on-demand but it even tighens the noose more: it requires you to be in the UK to watch the content (that you pay for), only on one computer (that cant be transfered) and you need to install window xp, .net 2.0 and window media player 10 and then you can only watch it once and when you start to watch it, you have a time limit of a day before you are no longer authorized to watch it, the DRM essentially prevents you from watching something that you payed for, on your own computer. At least the DVD only has CSS and its companion the DMCA and it doesnt stop you from watching your own DVD. The point with Free software is any free software program that you use to play a DVD, apple i-tunes file, other other DRM formats will always be a crime according to most nations laws with help from WIPO.(there are exceptions to this statement, as other can attest, but its not getting better) Go to wikipedia and check out 'drm', 'dmca' and 'decss' for the basic details. Anyway, even Pink Floyd could not have dreamed up something so twisted as DRM :-) cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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