DVD encryption is not considered DRM or encryption in the EU, as it is too weak to provide any meaningful protections.
If ripping DVDs is not allowed in the US, then the video should be region locked (just like Pride Month content us blocked in certain arabic countries), but not removed.
> DVD encryption is not considered DRM or encryption in the EU, as it is too weak to provide any meaningful protections.
Yes it is.
Where on earth did you get that idea from? Heck, even YouTube's rolling cypher has been found to be sufficient protection to quality from anti-circumvention provisions, and no actual encryption was used there.
That case was a) from a district court and didn't even set precedent in Finland, never mind Europe-wide and b) more importantly was overturned on appeal, with the court of appeal noting that the original court has misunderstood the meaning of the word "effective."
> This method is authorized by a French law decision CE 10e et 9e soussect., 16 juillet 2008, n° 301843 on interoperability.
That decision pre-dates France's enactment of the anti-circumvention provisions in the European Directive. It doesn't say anything about the effectiveness of system, because there was no law of the sort at the time.
VLC continues to be distributed mainly because the Streisand Effect means that nobody in the film industry wanted to relitigate the case after the anti-circumvention provision went into effect, not that these are legal in the EU.
If ripping DVDs is not allowed in the US, then the video should be region locked (just like Pride Month content us blocked in certain arabic countries), but not removed.