Re: [orca-list] playing videos in ubuntu

[Josh K <joshknnd1982 gmail com>]

I will follow the laws to a point. but there is such a thing as 
rediculous laws that go overboard. and when the laws get rediculous and 
go overboard, taking away my rights, or trying to, then sorry I can no 
longer follow them. By rediculous I mean all the restrictions in 
proprietary license agreements, dvd encryption and so on. I do not mean 
laws meant to keep people safe such as no speeding on highways and so on 
those laws are reasonable. Even some software not many but some software 
licenses are reasonable, but sadly most are not most are so convoluted 
and rediculous if I choose not to follow them I don't feel guilty or bad 
at all. dvd encryption is one. restrictive drm on both software and 
media is another.

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On 2/26/2015 9:10 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> I assume it's because some people want to actually follow the law as 
> opposed to knowing they just won't get caught breaking it.
>
> On 02/26/2015 04:38 PM, Josh K wrote:
> > why do you have to check laws in your area? do computers have detectors
> > so when you use illegal software your computer phones the police and
> > they show up at your door to arrest you for using illegal stuff? no. you
> > can use libdvd without worries i think.
> >
> > follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
> >
> > On 2/26/2015 5:32 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > > This may be of help with libdvdcss. Please make sure to check the
> > > laws in your area though:
> > >
> > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Luke
> > > Yelavich
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:22 PM
> > > To: orca-list gnome org
> > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] playing videos in ubuntu
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 05:41:51AM AEDT, Michael Weaver wrote:
> > > > The main problem I am having with Ubuntu seems to be using video
> > > > codecs to play classic DVDs.
> > > For watching dvds, you should only need vlc, and libdvdcss. I am not
> > > going to outline how to to get libdvdcss because many juristictions
> > > have laws against such encryption breaking technologies, dvd playback
> > > should not require ubuntu-restricted-extras, at least not if you are
> > > using vlc.
> > >
> > > Luke
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