Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:33:59 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: keichii@peorth.iteration.net, cjclark@alum.mit.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DVD Players, and Not in a PC Message-ID: <20001130213358.C99903@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <200011302301.QAA23749@usr05.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:01:44PM %2B0000 References: <20001130093520.F16834@peorth.iteration.net> <200011302301.QAA23749@usr05.primenet.com>
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:01:44PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: [snip] > Region encoding was intended to limit the ability to pirate a > DVD in one region, and to sell the pirated DVDs in another; it > is very common in one region in particular to priate anything > that can be represented as bits (you know who you are: I have > several SPAMs from there advertising things like all MS products > on a set of CDROMs for $50.00). Regional codes is/was not actually a anti-piracy measure. It is trivial for someone who has the resources to mass produce pirated copies and sell them to another region of the world to obtain the right version for the target market. Regional codings are not an issue for the small-timer since their market is in the same region. What it actually was meant to stop was legitimate buyers from getting DVDs from other regions. Afterall, a perfectly legal DVD does not play when it is put in a player from a different region. People buying "import" versions or getting copies from another region before the local release messes with the marketing department's carefully designed schedules. For example, in many parts of the world can buy a legit DVD from the US while a movie is still playing in the theaters locally. That's the kind of thing studios really wanted to stop with regional codes. http://www.dvdbuyingguide.com/dvd-school/regioncoding.html -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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