[mythtv-users] Now legal to decrypt DVDs?
Simon Hobson
linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Tue Jul 27 07:09:25 UTC 2010
Fedor Pikus wrote:
>But it means that the tools themselves will become legal. Previous
>MPAA argument was that there is no legitimate reason to decrypt DVD,
>therefore any tool which does it should be illegal. Now there is a
>legitimate reason to produce a DVD decryptor, to enable educational
>uses.
Indeed - and unlocking tools for smartphones to allow use of other
apps than the official supply allows, and unlocking tools to allow
reuse of phones on other networks.
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