[ale] comcast static IP?

[Raylynn Knight]

On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:20 -0600, Preston Boyington wrote:
> Raylynn Knight wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:01 -0600, Preston Boyington wrote:
> >>
> >>Basically this and other such documents (check the EFF site under 
> >>"cases") states that it is illegal to play a DVD on any device that is 
> >>"not approved".  This includes computers without "proper" DRM enabled 
> >>software.
> >>
> >>Currently the only way to play an ordinary (encrypted) DVD that you 
> >>would rent from you neighborhood video store on Linux is by using DeCSS.
> > 
> > I believe this is no longer the case.  I seem to recall that the latest
> > TurboLinux distribution contains a properly licensed DVD player
> > application.
> > 
> TurboLinux bundles PowerDVD.
> (snipped from http://www.turbolinux.com/news/040722.html)
> 
> "PowerDVD also includes a Content Scrambling System (CSS) decoder that 
> supports copyright protection and circumvents data piracy. CyberLink 
> actively sought and received approval from the DVD Copy Control 
> Association (DVD CCA) to legally include the decryption algorithms for 
> Linux users."
> 
> It is not a free program and it is not open source.  If you want to 
> watch an encrypted DVD _legally_ then you must buy a DRM enabled program 
> (such as PowerDVD) or use another operating system.
> 


So my recollection was correct.  There is a legal way to watch a DVD on
Linux.

> according to Linux Business Week:
> (http://www.linuxbusinessweek.com/story/44649.htm?DE=1)
> 
> "Tokyo-based Turbolinux, which is in the throes of changing owners and 
> going more retail, says it's got what it calls a new desktop Linux 
> operating system designed for home users that includes a media player 
> capable of streaming pure Windows Media-format audio and video.
> 
> Umm, that's Windows Media format as in Microsoft, the Evil Empire. As in 
> licensed. As in negotiating a deal with them. As in bowing to 
> Microsoft's superior position and reinforcing it.
> 
Not necessarily.  The Windows Media Format does not contain any patents
as far as I'm aware.  So it would be possible (albeit difficult) to
decode it without a license.

> Ironically, the Windows Media Player is the thing the European 
> regulators have ordered Microsoft to strip out of Windows."
> 
> Interesting reads.
> 
> Preston
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