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13 Years After DeCSS Case, Congressional IT Endorses VLC

Posted by timothy on from the government-is-a-goo-not-a-behemoth dept.

New submitter robp writes "After a link to VLC showed up in one of HBO's DMCA takedown requests, I recalled how often I've linked to VLC in my own copy, and how often I've seen that app noted across traditional-media outlets — even though you could make the same arguments against linking to it that Judge Kaplan bought in 2000. Now, though, even the House's own IT department not only links to this CSS-circumventing app but endorses it. Question is, what led to this enlightenment?"

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  1. Intern mistake? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "So, yeah, most likely a mistake by the poor intern tasked with writing "revision 36" of this document. Expect mention of VLC to be gone by revision 37."

    Darn, just after he got dumped by NTSB for confirming the offensive joke pilot names, he steps in it again.