> DVD's with video on them are encrypted.  You need the keys and the
> encryption algorithm to decode them.  The keys are only supposed to be
> known by manufacturers of decoders.  Be carefull, a young lad (I think
> from Norway?) was arrested for simply reverse engineering the Xing
> decoder to get the keys and incorporating them into a Linux player.

Yes, and right now thousand of underground sites are announcing the
decryption routine for free... the story repeats again and again.  It is
safe until someone grabs it.  What they are going to do?  Arrest all the
intelligence over the planet to allow eternity to the encryption
routines?

I'd say:
Enjoy the beer while it's cold, once warm, open another bottle.