[NTLUG:Discuss] MI2 boycott

[Mark Bainter]

Brian Koontz [pongo at cinnabar.valtech.com] wrote:
> Please, spare me the rhetoric.  You and I both know the purpose of DeCSS
> is to make illegal copies of DVD's, just like the intent of Napster is
> to illegally trade in MP3's.  Don't try to insult the public's
> intelligence (or mine) by telling them something that isn't.
> The public may not all be programmers, but they aren't stupid.  

-roll-   His point was exactly that, they aren't stupid they just have to know
the truth.  Perhaps we should start with you.  This has nothing to do with
rhetoric.  DeCSS is /not/ to make illegal copies of DVD's.  You can make
illegal copies of DVD's /without/ DeCSS.  In fact, if you use DeCSS to decrypt
it and then make a copy of the decrypted version I don't think you will be able 
to play it on a DVD Player.  DeCSS is /entirely/ about being able to /play/ a 
DVD.  The issue here is fair-use.

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