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Background links (many from Linux Today):
Page 17 Lines 18: I'm sorry, because I've got 102 fever and it's affecting my ears. I just did not hear.Hey Mr Valenti, did you know you were allowed to take a sick leave?
 | EFF: DVD Update: EFF Moves to Disqualify KaplanJudge was Time Warner's Lawyer on DVD Issues. O Gawd! In every small village's soccer match, the referee is supposed to be neutral. Apparently, this is not needed in the MPAA kangaroo kourt. Formerly, actors used to run for president. Now Hollywood mans the judiciary too. |
Il y a la question du contrôle des DNS : si les avocats de
l?industrie cinématographique ont pu facilement obtenir la fermeture
d?un certain nombre de sites américains, leur tâche est plus complexe
en Europe. Les Norvégiens ont cédé, mais les Luxembourgeois, par
exemple, font la sourde oreille. Le site www.free-dvd.org.lu affiche
fièrement le code qui fait rugir Hollywood. Qui contrôle le DNS du
Grand-Duché ? Un ami d?Hollywood ou un ami des hackers ? Bien sûr, le
gérant du DNS, quel qu?il soit, devrait appliquer une éventuelle
décision de justice, mais la perspective d?un procès dans chaque
recoin du globe n?est guère réaliste, et, à défaut, le brouillard du
droit international de l?Internet laisse les mains libres aux
gestionnaires locaux. A moins que Network Solutions, ou l?ICANN, ne décident d?autorité de
déconnecter l?ensemble du Grand Duché pour forcer le récalcitrant à
ce soumettre ? La Maison
Blanche avait ainsi envisagé de débrancher la Serbie pendant le
conflit du Kosovo - et peut-être n?y avait-elle renoncé que pour ne
pas attirer l?attention sur ce pouvoir extravagant. |
There is also the question of who controls the DNS servers : even if
the lawyers of the movie industry were able to easily close down a
certain number of American sites, their task is more complex in
Europe. The Norvegians caved in, but the brave Luxembourgers, for
instance, just played the deaf man. The www.free-dvd.org.lu proudly
displays that piece of code that makes Hollywood cringe. Who controls
the DNS of the Grand-Duchy? A friend of Hollywood, or a friend of the
hackers? Obviously, the DNS administrator, whoever it is, would be
forced to apply a court decision, if ever there was one. However, the
hypothesis of a lawsuit at every backwoods spot of the globe is
hardly a realistic one, and lacking such a suit, the fogginess of the
international law of the Internet leaves free hands to the local
administrators. Unless Network
Solutions (sic!), or ICANN
(re-sic!), decide to disconnect the entire Grand Duchy in order to
force the rebell to cave in. Case in point, the White House had considered
cutting off Serbia during the Kosovo war... and maybe the only reason
why they reconsidered was for not drawing attention to this
extraordinary power.
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Legal notice The software (source as well as binaries) offered on this site can be freely redistributed. It was written by authors who expressly permitted and encourage the redistribution of this software and information. The purpose of this software is not, I repeat not illegal copying of DVD disks. It is meant to provide information neccesary to be able to program a DVD player for Linux. To do this, the CSS system needs to be incorporated in the player. Recently the (very weak) content scrambling system was deciphered, freeing the way for a Linux DVD player. The CSS system is not a copy protection system, since it does not prevent copying of the disk. Writing information about the way a certain protection scheme functions is completely legal. The source code and binaries on this site are completely legal too, since they contain no code from the DVD consortium or one of its members. The sources and programs on this site are purely written by 3rd parties using clean-room reverse engineering methods, which is, again, completely legal. This software and information below make it possible for people who legally obtained their DVD movies to view them on their Linux systems. The presence of protective measures on this site does not constitute an admission of guilt, but are rather due to the realization that fighting through a suit can become a timeconsuming and expensive undertaking, even if winning eventually. Btw, come to think of it, these protective measure could even fall under the DMCA, so beware if you're a lawyer, and are seeing this site... |
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