Re: [dvd-discuss] Geeks in government: A good idea?

[Tom <tom(at)lemuria.org>]

On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 01:17:14PM -0700, microlenz@earthlink.net wrote:
> > The real question is: How many commercial Linux distributions include
> > such players? I'm not aware of any. 
> 
> And while I am no great fan of Windows....more importantly where are the 
> Windows free players? THere are hundreds of millions of machines that could use 
> one....I don't see too many at tucows. 

vlc runs just fine on windos.


> a la Declan....actually Declan has a good point that even Kaplan recognized 
> during the trial when he made his remark about the other kayakers coming down 
> the Hudson River...

correct. While I have to agree on many of Jons points, I'm fairly sure
on this one: That the DeCSS battle was not won in NY (obviously) and
neither in California, but on the internet. If you have 15000 download
locations, what does the opinion of a NY court matter?


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