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Date:      Sun, 24 Apr 2005 20:40:53 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org>
Cc:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org>
Subject:   Re: region code in cdrecord
Message-ID:  <200504242041.13709.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20050424100749.GB528@tuatara.fishballoon.org>
References:  <426AC21B.2080205@chuckr.org> <200504241148.48912.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050424100749.GB528@tuatara.fishballoon.org>

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On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:37, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> I may be completely off base here (no experience with making DVDs other
> than as enormous CDR's for backup), but does it need to be region coded at
> all?  Even region-locked players should be able to play a dvd with no
> region code.  I think 'no region code' might actually be region 0, but it
> amounts to the same thing.

The video doesn't have to be regioned (ie most porn DVDs) but in any case i=
t=20
is part of the DVD video structure not part of the media/ISO as such.

> IMHO there's nothing dishonest in taking whatever steps you need to play a
> piece of legitimately purchased media.

Maybe so, but you can still get sued for it :(

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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