Watching dvds on Trisquel
Sorry, i did another similar forum post called 'Fluendo player for trisquel" But i realised i haven't set a forum for it to be in. Let's say you're in the USA. Watching dvd's on GNU/Linux is illegal there because of the dreaded DMCA. you have the option of Buying the Fluendo player, which claims to legally play your dvds without worrying about the DMCA. but it comes at 2 costs. 1. It's non-free software. 2. It costs 25$. Would you buy it to avoid DMCA dillemmas or would you use libdvdcss and VLC like the rest of the Free software movement members?
i use VLC and libdvdcss
as far as i know no one has ever been prosecuted for using it (correct me if i am wrong)
so it seems like the best option
Giving control over your computer (does Fluendo send everything you watched to its real owner?) and money to proprietary software developers is, in my opinion, worse than breaking an unjust law:
$ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
I am a member!
Why would watching DVDs using GNU/Linux be illegal in the USA? I watch DVDs on my computer all the time and don't see any reason I shouldn't be allowed to do so.
Blame the DMCA, and other laws implementing the part of the WIPO treaties forbidding circumvention of "technological protection measures". Basically, DVDs are usually encrypted with an encryption system called CSS, and that encryption is used to require DVD players to implement certain restrictions. So when a DVD player (or computer) does not implement these restrictions, and can read the encrypted DVDs, it is in violation of the law.
So, the DMCA and other similar laws basically allow the copyright industry to write its own laws. It's disgusting.
Since when was watching a DVD using a general-purpose computer as opposed to a
dedicated DVD player a crime? What does the DMCA even have to do with this? And
why should it be GNU specific?
I watch DVDs on my computer regularly. Don't worry. I'm pretty sure it's legal.
It has to do with CSS (Content Scrambling System), which is the DRM system in DVDs. DeCSS is considered illegal in the US and other countries, because it contains the key required for decryption. However, modern computers can run a brute force algorithm quickly, and that is what libdvdcss does. libdvdcss is not known to be illegal.
My advice to the U.S. public and those in countries with similar laws: https://jxself.org/the-dmca.shtml
If u buy a DVD you'r buying a virgin DVD but if you buy a movie you'r not buying a dvd. The dvd will go to trash in about 10 years. Thus you want the content you pay for it for the rest of the life. To do that you would need to decrypt it and burn another DVD or have in your drive. Not talking about playing it but of the purpose of buying a film.
edit: so there wouldn't be a difference between renting and buying as that way buying would mean "renting it for 10 year"
-1 Why it doesn't surprise me coming from the trisqueltrollsquad?