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Originally Posted by Openmouthinsertfoot Well that was a shock to me. I thought Linux had at least a match for anything Windblows platform could do. So anything DVD, mp3, mp4, quicktime, etc...is illegal. Well, this doesn't bode well for me sticking with Ubuntu then or any linux OS for that matter. What about ogg ? Isn't that legal? |
Fluendo offers their gstreamer plugin for mp3 playback for free. They also run a
webstore that has a bunch of gstreamer plugins, though it runs like 30 Euro for the lot of them.
If it's any consolation, IP laws restricting codec redistribution are pretty much unenforceable. What, are they going to impound every Linux user's hard drive and search for copies of libdvdcss when there are terrorists to catch

?