Re: debian-multimedia.org considered harmful
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:21:14AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 04:11:00PM -0400, Patrick Ouellette wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 09:48:02AM +0100, Luk Claes wrote:
> > >
> > > Why so? If I make a copy for backup and want to use it, how would I do
> > > that without use of decss or similar? Or is making a backup copy no
> > > legitimate use anymore?
> > >
> >
> > You don't need decss to make a backup copy of a DVD. All you have to do
> > is a block copy of the media. That is just one of the reasons the arguments
> > against decss are/were less than intelligent.
>
> DVD-CCA was not that stupid. Consumer writable DVD media does not
> allow you to write the disc keys, so you cannot make a simple copy
> that is readable by an authorised DVD player.
>
That may be the theory, but the real world implementation seems to be a little
different. I have not heard of anyone having a problem using a block copy
to backup a commercially produced consumer DVD to consumer writable DVD media.
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