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

> according to Linux Business Week:
&gt; (<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linuxbusinessweek.com/story/44649.htm?DE=1";>http://www.linuxbusinessweek.com/story/44649.htm?DE=1</a>)
&gt; 
&gt; &quot;Tokyo-based Turbolinux, which is in the throes of changing owners and 
&gt; going more retail, says it's got what it calls a new desktop Linux 
&gt; operating system designed for home users that includes a media player 
&gt; capable of streaming pure Windows Media-format audio and video.
&gt; 
&gt; Umm, that's Windows Media format as in Microsoft, the Evil Empire. As in 
&gt; licensed. As in negotiating a deal with them. As in bowing to 
&gt; Microsoft's superior position and reinforcing it.
&gt; 
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.

&gt; Ironically, the Windows Media Player is the thing the European 
&gt; regulators have ordered Microsoft to strip out of Windows.&quot;
&gt; 
&gt; Interesting reads.
&gt; 
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