<OT> Re: Create Photo CDs now: Ric Gone Wild -- as promised!!

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 10:12 -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006, Ken Moffat wrote:
> >Ric Moore wrote:
> >> [rant snipped] I'll wait until Hell freezes over for KDE/Gnome to
> >> come up with the apps I want to use. It might get chilly, but I believe
> >> that Linux will get those apps before I freeze to death. My lips may
> >> become blue, but they'll be smiling. 
> 
> This week's Inforworld has several articles on open source, and one
> discusses multimedia applications.  The major problem with the multimedia
> apps on Linux and other open source platforms is that so many of the
> formats and protocols are proprietary without open source versions.  Added
> to this is the so-called DRM (Digital Rights Management) software and
> ``laws'' that special interests such as RIAA have managed to get passed by
> various legislatures.

Back when we had Locksmith. Locksmith would use parameters that everyone
uncovered through trial and error and contributed to their BBS, to copy
all of the copy protected disks... being as it was not illegal to have a
backup copy of a protected disk that you own. If they can encrypt, it
can be unencrypted. The players can handle just a bit of jiggling but
not a lot with regards to playback of encrypted disks. 

As much as I am glad to have the mp3 codecs, I still feel like I am
selling out. Ogg works just fine, and I know I should be using it. But,
my $49 MP3 player from Radio Shack will only play MP3's and not Ogg. So,
I'm selling out, but I don't feel good about it. 
ric
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