other dvd players

[alan]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Alan wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:46:16 +0100
> "Andras Simon" <szajmi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 1/22/07, Mark Knoop <mpknoop at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The others (mplayer, xine, etc) can play unencrypted dvds if you
>>> install libdvdread which is free. To play css encrypted dvds you need
>>> to also install libdvdcss (non-free).
>>
>> In what sense is libdvdcss non-free?
>
> In the sense that a US or EU citizen can be arrested for posessing or
> using it, or in the US even giving a URL to it.

Sounds like it is not libdvdcss that is not-free, but the residents of the 
US or EU.  But then again, I am just stating the obvious...

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