Re: Linux and Multimedia-->The Potential is there<<-- But...........

From: JEDIDIAH (jedi_at_nomad.mishnet)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:06:46 GMT

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On 2004-12-30, Conor <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article Joe says...
>> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:02:11 +0000, Conor wrote:
>>
>> > In article flatfish+++ says...
>> >
>> >> Yea sure.
>> >> Maybe they can get around to writing a decent help system.
>> >> Programs that actually work?
>> >> Some decent plug-ins?
>> >>
>> > They have some decent plugins. Sadly they come in the w32codecs package
>> > which has more than a little irony attached as well as a huge dose of
>> > illegality.
>>
>> How is it illegal, exactly?
>
> Take your pick...DMCA, EUCD, patent infringement.

        DMCA and patent infringement aren't applicable unless it would be
a violation to use the original software under it's native environment.
Copyright might be an issue but EULA's are not well established legally and
courts likely would consider Linux use implicitly authorized by the current
patern of codec licensing. 

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