On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 08:20:22PM -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > On Thursday, March 15, 2012 16:11:00, 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. > > That depends on whether the DVD will fit onto the media its to be burnt to. > If the DVD needs to be resampled in order to get it to fit onto the burnt > media, then you need to be able to decypher it to be able to do that. >
Resampling could be termed a derivative work, not a backup copy since you are throwing away information contained in the original. -- ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. > Patrick Ouellette | I have been all things unholy. If God can work < > pat(at)flying-gecko.net | through me, he can work through anyone. < > 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/20120316171330.gb28...@flying-gecko.net
