Posted by Jeff Rife on 10/05/99 11:37

BB (NEWSMAN@NOSPAM.COM) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > When you play a DVD that has been encrypted, aren't you circumventing
> > copy protection?
>
> No since the DVD player maker has licensed the means to play it. . .

That's not actually what the DMCA says.

It requires the copyright holder to grant explicit rights for decryption,
and the roundabout way that DVD players currently use where the copyright
holder has no real say in who can actually play their movie is probably not
quite within the law.

Basically, to get your content CSS encrypted on DVD, you must sign a license
with a DVD duplication firm. They, in turn, have signed a license with the
group the holds the rights to CSS. The people who have the rights to CSS
license players to decode it.

Technically, you can't do this in current copyright law, because the
copyright holder isn't allowed to sign away rights to someone four steps
removed (which is what the buyer of the player/movie is in relationship to
the copyright holder).

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