Re: [tlug] A question about DVD software

[NOKUBI Takatsugu <knok@example.com>]

At Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:39:59 +0900,
<burlingk@example.com> wrote:
> What is the current legal status of DVD software in Japan?

In Japan, some lawyers consider that DVD decryption is legal. Because
the technology is not copy protection, understand as a playing control
technology.

It is an interpretation of some lawyers, so there is lying a risk of
infringement about the copyright law in Japan.

On the other hand, there is a proprietary and clearly legal player in
Japan, PowerDVD for Linux. Unfortunately it is only bundled in a
product called TurboLinux 10 D2F, and it is very old product (sold in
2004).

It is a sensitive issue...
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NOKUBI Takatsugu
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