[mythtv-users] re:MythTV production run

Ed Benckert ed at ebonmists.com
Tue May 4 22:48:03 EDT 2004



Michael T. Dean wrote:

> Bill Chmura wrote:
> 
>> What is CSS?
>>  
>>
> Content Scrambling System = the reason it's a federal felony offense for 
> a MythTV user (or any Linux user) in the US to *watch* a commercial DVD 
> on his/her system (regardless of how much he/she paid for the DVD movie).
> 
> Most (or, to the best of my knowledge, all) commercial DVD's are 
> encrypted using the Content Scrambling System.

Most. I've been ripping a lot of movies lately and I've been surprised at 
the number that are not protected.

Not that the protection means jack squat, but still.



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