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Legitimate uses for DeCSS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Tabercil writes "Interesting article at the Washington Post, which among other things points out that DeCSS does have valid uses, and that the industry's paranoia over DeCSS is overblown." A reasonable mainstream summary of all the DVD related legal hype. Interesting that the libdvdcss folks have never had a bump with the law, but instead DeCSS takes all the brunt even tho nobody uses it.

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  1. of course... by Tuxinatorium · · Score: -1, Troll

    If I'm allowed to let my friends borrow and use my physical DVDs, I should be allowed to rip all my DVDs, to 700mb DivX files and make them available for all my friends (and anybody else) to use on my IRC fileserver, right?

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  2. Actually, you're both wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since today, it's aidsnigger season

  3. Re:Use the tool for work you hold the copyright. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, until an aidsnigger breaks in your house and rapes your wife and steals the car...

  4. Why use DeCSS by t_allardyce · · Score: -1, Troll

    All these people talking about DeCSS to allow you to watch films in Linux are talking crap. I've never needed to use DeCSS to watch a DivX film i downloaded!

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  5. Re:DeCSS a necessity... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    1. Go to Wal-Mart.

    2. Spend $59.

    3. Watch DVD's ON YOUR FUCKING TELEVISION.

  6. why? by dh003i · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why the fuck should I spend $59 for a DVD TV player, when I can watch it for free on my computer? Also, my TV isn't going to go with me wherever I go. My laptop is.

    Fuck off, asshole.

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  7. Re:self destruction by Warped-Reality · · Score: 0, Troll

    that put even Hitler to shame.

    Yeah, look at the mass graves full of Jews we have in every city. They dug one in my front yard too!

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