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> NB: libaacs is not shipped in VLC.
https://www.videolan.org/legal.html
> Patents and codec licenses
> Neither French law nor European conventions recognize software as patentable (see French section below). Therefore, software patents licenses do not apply on VideoLAN software.
> NB: libaacs is not shipped in VLC.