On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 08:31:45PM -0800, Christopher Howard wrote:
> (BTW, I stopped following the Google Gateway discussion after about
> three e-mails. Hope I haven't missed much!)
>
> I just want to throw this out there:
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/138969/
>
> Probably people on this list know this, but I suspect most Gnu/Linux
> users aren't aware that using libdvdcss is illegal under the DMCA, and
> thus it is impossible to watch (encrypted) DVDs on Linux using
> completely free software. Debian doesn't provide it anymore now that
> they stopped supporting a multimedia repository. (Was it ever officially
> supported? I've been away for a while...)
>
> It's interesting... personally, I don't watch DVDs and, quite frankly,
> I'd rather eat spinach than give another dollar to any of those godless,
> progressive millionaires in Hollywood. But the DVD issue is make or
> break for some people. Was telling someone about Linux the other day...
> he was completely sold on the idea and was ready to wipe his Windows
> drive as soon as he could grab a Debian ISO. Then I mentioned the DVD
> issue and he dropped the whole thing.
>
> Now, though, there seem to be some commercial, licensed players for
> Linux. I was thinking about endorsing one, so I would have something to
> recommend to people who are interested in Linux. But I'm not quite sure
> which to recommend - as I haven't used any of them and wasn't planning
> on doing so any time soon. I don't want to recommend libdvdcss because I
> am a Christian, and we are supposed to obey the law, at least, as far as
> we can do so without violating our consciences.
>
> Just more food for thought - or flaming, I guess.
I can't obey laws that violate both the U.S. Constitution, and moral laws
established by God. So I don't.
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