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Doesn't sound too hard to circumvent to be honest, although I've not seen their setup. I wonder if he can run it on windows running inside a VM. On 24/08/07, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have just seen an article on The Register about someone who was > sharing a copy of Star Wars via Bit torrent before it was released. > > It turns out he uses Ubuntu but has now been given the option of > either not using his PC online or installing Windows to use the court > ordered monitoring software. > > Don't get me wrong, he was sharing a movie illegally, but being forced > to run Windows just so the monitoring softare will run seems a bit > harsh. > > Link here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/movie_pirate_linux_ban/ > > Rob > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html