"vanilli" == vanilli <vanillicat> writes:
vanilli> How is it illegal to use hardware that he legally owns?
Since I live in the USA, the legality of my using my DVD ROM drive to
watch legally obtained DVDs under Linux is at best questionable, and
probably outright illegal. It's due to this grandiosely titled law
called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
But I guess you already knew this somewhere......