Re: [tlug] Re: multiregion playbadk WAS (Advice on buying a Macbook)

[Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com>]

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:50:07 +0100, Tobias Diedrich <ranma@example.com>
wrote:

> Sadly, some dvd drives have enhanced protection, that prevents
> libdvdread/libdvdcss from brute-forcing the encryption.
> The one in my Thinkpad (R52) for example (Don't remember the make of
> that drive right now).

*SIGH*

I believe that that kind of practice is illegal in the EU. I think it
has been ruled that people are allowed to play back DVDs with whatever
software they like, and hardware manufacturers locking software such as
libdvd{read,css} out therefore goes against that ruling.

--
G. Stewart - godwin.stewart@example.com

"I can remember when a good politician had to be 75 percent ability and
25 percent actor, but I can well see the day when the reverse could be
true."
                -- Harry Truman

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