Possible SPAM: [TriLUG] video and dvd buring on Linux?

[Michael Winslow Czeiszperger]

On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 10:13 PM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> I'm not sure I want to support a company that wields such a large
> stick as the DMCA in this way.  What's to say they don't modify
> iDVD to have even more draconian measures?
>

I think its going too far to come down on a company for what they 
*might do*! As far as iDVD goes, everyone knows its designed to work 
with the internal Apple DVD player. You can either purchase an external 
DVD player for $500 plus whatever software you want to use, OR you can 
purchase a new Apple and get free DVD burning software to go with it. 
The only thing Apple is doing is trying to stop people from hacking 
iDVD to work with non-Apple hardware, which as far as I'm concerned is 
perfectly moral and legal.

 >As far as licensing is concerned, I'm sure there are many people
 >who would just as soon support a free operating system than
 >give money to a non-free one.  Presumably that's why everyone
 >is here.  After all, this is the Triangle *Linux* Users Group,
 >and not HardCider. :-)

Linux run son Apple hardware, and occasionally the topics on this list 
stray into the political arena :-)

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