Re: decrypting vob files in unstable
On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 11:37:04 +0530, J.S.Sahambi wrote:
> I searched on internet and found that "transcode" can decrypt vob files
> copied from DVDs. But I could not find the package in Debian/unstable.
> Is there any package in Debian/unstble for dectrypting vob files?
No, because of the legal issues surrounding the decryption algorithm.
Unofficial packages are available from
ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/index.html
There are very recent positive developments regarding the legal issues
surrounding DeCSS [1,2], but it is still not clear if the Debian project can
ship it without major legal risks [3].
HTH,
Ray
[1] "Court Overturns Ban on Posting DVD Descrambling Code, Finding a
Free-Speech Violation", Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Advisory,
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/20040227_eff_pr.php
[2] "DeCSS Trade Secret Case Comes to an End - Again", Slashdot discussion,
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/27/2123206
[3] "Fwd: [Politech] California DeCSS case eventually, finally, over [ip]"
discussion thread on debian-legal, starting at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/debian-legal-200402/msg00082.html
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