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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter Oliver wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>"Free DVD playback is not allowed in the US, which is why distributions
<BR>such as Redhat don't ship software with these capabilities. Don't know
<BR>what the situation is in the UK, but I suspect it's okay."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking at the Xine site there are files available
for the Xine to play copyrighted DVD's (only four files are required) but the
web page states clearly in <STRONG>large red letters</STRONG> that the use of
this software is not supported as legal restrictions apply. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe that this applies to the EU as well as
the USA and this is the reason that the distros don't include the required files
(although the curl file is included).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Philip Moore</FONT></DIV>
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