The Null Device

As the US courts have upheld the ban on DeCSS, a Taiwanese firm has announced a software DVD player for Linux. However, it's only for manufacturers of embedded appliances. Don't hold your breath waiting for a downloadable binary for your Linux box; given how custom-compiled kernels can be used for reverse engineering, there's no way that copyright-enforcing software players could be guaranteed secure to the DVD cartel's satisfaction.

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