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MichaelGG on July 10, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Movie Subtitle Fansite Raided By Copyright Industr...

But Bluray requires HDCP, right? Meaning the video bits are encrypted all the way to the "secure" output device.

Also, is VLC legally playing DVDs? I thought they used DeCSS or something to bypass the DVD's "protection".

jeltz on July 10, 2013 [–]

Bypassing DRM is only illegal in some countries so if DeCSS is legal or not depends on where you are. But you are right even legal bypassing of DRM is not Hollywood approved.

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