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Re: [TCLUG:13321] Channel 4000: Hackers Plan Local MPAA Protest



On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

>         that may change. I think we'll soon have solid DVD-player apps for
> Linux. I don't know if the major distros will initially touch them (depends
> how the courts rule; I think the courts would have to come out
> overwhelmingly in favor of freedom, for distros to risk offending the MPAA);
> but they may become popular even without distro support, and by virtue of
> popular support will be included in the 'mainstream' eventually. :)

Well, I was planning on getting a DVD player, DVD-ROM, and possibly a
burner, but at this point, I will not.  The problem is that for me to give
them $0 of my money, I would have to not watch any movies, even rented or
on TV!  But this is the kind of crap you get when managers try to do
standards.

-Chris