Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Ignorance of the law is no excuse. If I choose to use an MP3 encoder in >> this country without paying Frauenhofer and Thomson exorbitant fees, I'm >> taking that risk. Any reasonable user should already know that libdvdcss >> is dangerous, and if one doesn't want one's door battered in by the >> cops, one shouldn't use it. > [...] > > Afaik the German Law is stricter than that. It is verboten to describe > ways to circumvent an "wirksamer Kopierschutz". (a copy protection > method that is working.), e.g. you might get in trouble with respect > to criminal law if you post an article to German usenet, describing > how to copy copy-protected CD foo with program bar.
Well, in that case the copy protection isn't working, is it? I just took Germany off my list of free countries. > If this issue applied to libdvdcss2 Debian would be in trouble. > > However if you copy copy-protected CD foo with program bar at home you > won't be persecuted by criminal law, but the manufacturar might start > private action against you, claiming compensation. > > Now try to apply the latter on "playing a DVD with xine using > libdvdcss2" instead of "copying a CD", I really cannot see which > damage the DVD manufacturarer could claim compensation for. Very few people can see that logic. Unfortunately, it seems the MPAA can. The worst part, their lawyers see it too. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED]
