Lets face it, while it may be a blow to people who legitimately need and use DeCSS, there ARE people who will use it illegally, and this trial will do as little to stop it as copyright laws have done to stop software piracy.
DeCSS has enough publicity that it'll be mirrored anywhere any everywhere US law does not look or have influence. And people will use it.
Will you cry any tears for the poor movie actors and cinematographers and editors etc. etc. if you went and paid exorborant prices for a DVD and a device to play them, but had to use an illegal piece of software to view the DVD you had already paid for?
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Agreed. The window-manager/xserver differentiation is essential for remote display. Why the hell should I run my browser on my machine? Run it on the university/work/internet/whatever server and save the clicks for the important stuff! And you would deny people the choice of window managers? Who do ya think you are, M$?
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DeCSS has enough publicity that it'll be mirrored anywhere any everywhere US law does not look or have influence. And people will use it.
Will you cry any tears for the poor movie actors and cinematographers and editors etc. etc. if you went and paid exorborant prices for a DVD and a device to play them, but had to use an illegal piece of software to view the DVD you had already paid for?
Agreed. The window-manager/xserver differentiation is essential for remote display. Why the hell should I run my browser on my machine? Run it on the university/work/internet/whatever server and save the clicks for the important stuff! And you would deny people the choice of window managers? Who do ya think you are, M$?
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