Comment 17 for bug 137527
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| Mik3 (mc4100) wrote Re: Totem should notify users about installing libdvdread3 and libdvdcss2 to read encrypted DVD | #17 |
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(Get the code!)
The current situation is awful. Not a lawyer.
I wont change status to new but, well, when the script to get the means to circumvent the css protection is already being provided, I hardly think running it would make matters worse.
You've provided the vector already, which I think is the legally questionable part, why not use it.
To be somewhat safer, manual input by the user -- it doesn't matter if you're clicking a button to agree or writing "I absolutely assert this is legal in my region", *something* should be presented when you try to play on encrypted dvd.
Something meaningful which should either resolve the problem:
(Window title: enable DVD playback)
Pick your location on this map.
[map widget]
[and in bold] Some regions have restrictive laws controlling playback of commercial DVDs, so be aware it may be illegal to enable playback if, for example, you do not live in X [where x is somewhere in which I can now declare I reside and have this problem go away]
or, at least, make it very, very clear what the problem is and provide a link to a web search.