RH10 multimedia support

Joe joe at tmsusa.com
Sun Sep 7 17:24:15 UTC 2003


seth vidal wrote:

>>2) Putting links to easily download copies of the codecs that are put on
>>various internet sites can bring about DMCA violation lawsuits (as
>>evidenced from the 2600.com and similar cases).
>>
>>3) It would be a calculated risk that making it easy to link in software 
>>from people who you do not have a business relationship could also get a 
>>DMCA case against you.
>>    
>>
>
>Maybe it's time someone with some money in one of the banks took this
>risk. Drew the fire of the RIAA/MPAA and fought the case not against a
>piracy claim but against a legitimate use of decss to VIEW dvds on a
>non-windows,non-macintosh platform.
>  
>
That's what I want to see - and that's my real concern, not the 
difficulty of installing multimedia support. Skulking around under this 
cloud of doubt can be quite tiresome, I'd love to have it out in the 
open and have it decided that, yes, I can legally view the DVDs I've 
purchased.

Joe





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