On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 04:30:12PM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Tomasz Luchowski wrote:
> > I'm happy to announce first DivX movie player that actually works on NetBSD!
> 
> What is DivX? Or what can I use this DivX movie player for? (Where do I
> get DivX movies?)

DivX is essentally a warez format for DVDs.  It uses MPEG-4 to compress
a DVD movie down to approximately CD size.  There are many such movies
available through gnutella, among other places.

It's copyright infringement *and* patent infringement, rolled into one.