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http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2006/12/...gal-in-france/

Starting tomorrow December 31st 2006, reading a DVD protected with CSS (as most DVD are) is illegal in France when it is done with a software allowing to circumvent the protection, such as VLC or mplayer which can both use the libdvdcss library. Today’s Journal Officiel (where laws and executive orders are published) says that you may be fined 135€ (around $180) for doing so. This includes watching any DVD that you have legally purchased. OMG[shocked]

Seriously, legal software + legally owned original DVD = illegal and 135€ fine!!!