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| 1 | +# Libbluray |
| 2 | +**Libbluray** is an open-source **lib**rary designed for **Blu-Ray** Discs playback for media players, like **VLC** or **MPlayer**. |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +## Goals and features |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +This research project is developed by an **international team** of developers from **Doom9**. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +The library integrates navigation, playlist parsing, menus and BD-J. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +Most commercial Blu-Ray are protected by **AACS** or **BD+** technologies and this library is not enough to playback those discs. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +People interested in AACS technologies should have a look at [libaacs](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libaacs). |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +People interested in BD+ technologies should have a look at [libbdplus](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libbdplus). |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +## Licence |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +**Libbluray** is released under a Free Software license, LGPL, ensuring it will stay free. |
| 21 | +A copy of LGPL is available [here](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libbluray/-/blob/master/COPYING) |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +## CoC |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +The [VideoLAN Code of Conduct](https://wiki.videolan.org/CoC) applies to this project. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +## Disclaimer |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +This library is written for the purpose of playing Blu-ray movies. It is |
| 30 | +intended for software that want to support Blu-ray playback (such as VLC and |
| 31 | +MPlayer). We, the authors of this library, do not condone nor endorse piracy. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +This library is simply a tool for playback of Blu-ray movies. Like any tool, the |
| 34 | +use of this tool can also be abused. There are already numerous laws in |
| 35 | +different countries and juridictions all over the world that protect copyrighted |
| 36 | +material, such as Blu-ray movies. With that said, it would have been |
| 37 | +inappropriate for us to distribute this library with terms such as "you cannot |
| 38 | +use this library for piracy". Instead, we present to everyone this disclaimer. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +As a reminder, here is also the disclaimer found at the beginning of any movie |
| 41 | +in relation to copyrights. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +## ATTENTION |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +International agreement and national laws protect copyrighted motion pictures, |
| 46 | +videotapes, and sound recordings. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION, EXHIBITION OR DISTRIBUTION OF COPYRIGHTED MOTION |
| 49 | +PICTURES CAN RESULT IN SEVERE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER THE LAWS OF |
| 50 | +YOUR COUNTRY. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +The International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL, has expressed its |
| 54 | +concern about motion picture and sound recording piracy to all of its member |
| 55 | +national police forces. (Resolution adopted at INTERPOL General Assembly, |
| 56 | +Stockholm, Sweden, September 8, 1977.) |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +## Mailing list |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +You can discuss about libbluray on the [libbluray-devel mailing list](https://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/libbluray-devel). |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +## Documentation and support |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +For support or more informations, look [here](https://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html) |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +All documentation about libbluray is available [here](https://videolan.videolan.me/libbluray/) |
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