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   #35. Posted at 04:40 AM on Jun 18th 2004 Edit   Reply
Strabo
CSS, Content Scrambling System, the encryption mechanism in question, is licensed by the DVD CCA, the DVD Copy Control Association. < www.dvdcca.org>. 321 Studios is being sued for decoding, breaking, that encryption without license. And there is NO WAY IN HELL the DVD CCA will EVER license CSS to ANYONE who wants to sell a product that will allow people to copy DVDs. Also just like they would not sell a license for a linux DVD player, which is why Jon Johannson had to make his own.
"Any programs that circumvents encryption is illegal" Hehe so te...  :  Kraft75  (#6)
#6, Yeah! ...and if any of my users forget their password to the...  :  BiffStroganoffsky  (#8)
#8, wha? passwords aren't copywrited.  :  sativa  (#15)
#15, No, but they are usually 'encrypted' to ensure that pe...  :  BiffStroganoffsky  (#20)
#6, No, your DVD player has the decryption key embedded into it'...  :  Justice  (#10)
#10, Permission? From who by who? So every dvd drive manufacto...  :  dragondestroyer  (#33)
#33, Well, All DVDs you put in your drive, within your driv...  :  Hizpanick  (#34)
#33, CSS, Content Scrambling System, the encryption mechani...  :  Strabo  (#35)
#35, That was my point this "permission" is selective. P...  :  dragondestroyer  (#39)
#39, Selective permission on an open standard implies...  :  Chrispy_  (#42)
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