[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Commandline switch to enable/disable DVD protection

[Diego Biurrun]

Krister Lagerstrom writes:
 > My motivation for this flag is to be able to distribute a binary
 > version of MPlayer that hopefully will be legal in all/most countries
 > as far as DVD protection is concerned. The flag can be used in wrapper
 > programs for MPlayer. It could then be removed by the users who live in
 > countries where it is legal to play and backup protected DVDs using
 > mplayer/mencoder (e.g. Norway, land of the free :-).

Couldn't this still be called a circumvention device under the DMCA?
I doubt that this option achieves what you wish for..

Diego