RH10 multimedia support

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Sun Sep 7 16:23:31 UTC 2003


> 2) Putting links to easily download copies of the codecs that are put on
> various internet sites can bring about DMCA violation lawsuits (as
> evidenced from the 2600.com and similar cases).
> 
> 3) It would be a calculated risk that making it easy to link in software 
> from people who you do not have a business relationship could also get a 
> DMCA case against you.

Maybe it's time someone with some money in one of the banks took this
risk. Drew the fire of the RIAA/MPAA and fought the case not against a
piracy claim but against a legitimate use of decss to VIEW dvds on a
non-windows,non-macintosh platform.

-sv






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