[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 49, Issue 161
Adilson Oliveira
adilson at adilson.net
Mon Apr 30 18:46:23 UTC 2007
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DM - MythTV escreveu:
>> So when are you removing that illegal mplayer functionality? I can find you
>> many places that claim it's use is illegal.
>>
> Distribution of MPlayer (and every other open source DVD player) WAS
> illegal until an appellate court ruled that the encryption key used was
> so widely distributed it no longer qualified for protection as a trade
> secret. Absent this decision, MPlayer (and every other software DVD
> player that had not obtained the encryption key through "appropriate
> "channels) legally should not be distributed in the US. It may still be
> illegal in other parts of the world; I'm not familiar with international
> law / precedence on the subject.
Here in Brazil, for instance, is perfectly ok.
[]s
Adilson.
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