On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:21:14AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 04:11:00PM -0400, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 09:48:02AM +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > > > > > > Why so? If I make a copy for backup and want to use it, how would I do > > > that without use of decss or similar? Or is making a backup copy no > > > legitimate use anymore? > > > > > > > You don't need decss to make a backup copy of a DVD. All you have to do > > is a block copy of the media. That is just one of the reasons the arguments > > against decss are/were less than intelligent. > > DVD-CCA was not that stupid. Consumer writable DVD media does not > allow you to write the disc keys, so you cannot make a simple copy > that is readable by an authorised DVD player. >
That may be the theory, but the real world implementation seems to be a little different. I have not heard of anyone having a problem using a block copy to backup a commercially produced consumer DVD to consumer writable DVD media. -- ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. > Patrick Ouellette | Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ < > pat(at)flying-gecko.net | gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. < > Amateur Radio: NE4PO | -- Francis of Assisi < `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120316171143.ga28...@flying-gecko.net
