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DVD Region Codes Not Holding Well
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Posted by: TotalRecall
BBC News has an article up on how the DVD region system is being circumvented by players and is "on the verge of collapse":
Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs) can store digital copies of films, and a great deal of time and money has been spent trying to devise a way to ensure their use can be controlled. A key part of this is the Region Coding system, which is designed to stop European film buffs buying DVDs in America.
This is now on the point of being abandoned because so many DVD manufacturers have deliberately undermined the system.
Technology should not be used as a method of seperating trade and culture. Read more here.
Source: Slashdot.org
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