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Dolby Tells NetBSD Project: Don't Decode AC3

Posted by timothy on from the snappy-letterhead dept.

Mycroft writes: "There's a new entrant into the open source DVD legal battle: Dolby Laboratories. The NetBSD Project received this letter demanding that links to the open source ac3dec package be removed. What's next?" Probably what's next are yet more letters sent to every other project which enables decoding of content on platforms unsupported by the format licensors. Remember, you don't buy anything anymore -- you license it.

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  1. Jesus. by kypper · · Score: 5, Funny
    Remember, you don't buy anything anymore -- you license it.

    In other news, the populace of the world collectively threw up their hands as Corporations began the patenting and licensing of water to the human race.

    Russia commented this afternoon, stating that they didnt' give a flying fuck.

    Hong Kong stated that they had been pirating that for years, and would continue to whether we liked it or not.

    China closed all relations, stating that, "We may be brutal, but you guys are just plain insane."

    Canada dropped all pretense and joined the US.

    ...before any canuks nail me, I am Canadian. :op But we're getting there.