[MPlayer-users] Request for assistance, playing my HD-DVD movies

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Monday, 23 February 2009 at 00:05, RC wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:01:25 +1000
> Adam Nielsen <a.nielsen at shikadi.net> wrote:
> 
> > According to the DMCA it's illegal to possess code that can circumvent
> > copy  protection, which is exactly what mplayer has to do in order to
> > play a DVD.
> 
> There are a host of exceptions to that in the text of the DMCA, and
> playing DVDs on an OS which does not otherwise have any legal DVD player
> software avaialble, seems a clear exception.

There are commercial DVD players for Linux. One is bundled with TurboLinux:
http://www.turbolinux.com/products/desktop/fuji/doc/html/PowerDVD/
and the other is "Available only to manufacturers":
http://intervideo.com/jsp/Product_Profile.jsp?p=LinDVD

Regards,
R.

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