[mythtv-users] Blu-Ray player? Myth capable?

[Mark Hutchinson]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Feb 25, 2008, at 10:26 AM, jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
>
>   
>>    The illegal part is distributing the player. More precisely, it's
>> distributing the "encryption cracking" part. Some DVDs don't have this
>> legal issue.
>>     
>
> The "illegal" part is circumventing the copy protection feature.  
> Distributing software that can do that is less clear IMHO, the  
> difference between free speech and distributing "illegal" software is  
> not obvious. For example, I believe distributing the source code for  
> DeCSS is different from distributing a binary, but this is not a legal  
> issues forum.
>
>   
>>    So when are they arresting the SlySoft guys?
>>
>>    DVD Jon has a US company. He should also be an obvious target.
>>
>>    Who's gotten sued or arrested for putting their DVDs on their ipod?
>>     
>
> There does not have to be an arrest or a lawsuit for something to be  
> "illegal", or a violation of a license. The fact is that you agreed to  
> something when you purchased (or at least used, or maybe just opened)  
> a movie package, and technically you are bound by that agreement.
>
> The truth is that nobody reads those licenses, and even the lawyers  
> who write then can't agree on what they mean. The situation is chaotic  
> as well as idiotic.
>
> Personally I feel that as long as I am not distributing copies or  
> charging admission to view a disk I have "purchased" I am morally in  
> the right, but the MPAA attorneys do not agree with me.
>
> I do not expect the FBI to come knocking on my door, at least not  
> because of my ripping DVDs, but that doesn't make it "legal".
>
> I think it's topical to discuss how to implement BR playback into  
> Myth, but I'd stay away from discussions of precisely how to  
> accomplish that playback. Remember this list is archived and available  
> to anyone.
>
> beww
>
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Agreed.  So lets discuss HOW this could be done.  Ideas?