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On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 01:15:33 +0200, Shot wrote:
>On 25 Mar 2001, at 16:47, Nathan Russell wrote:
>
>> There was a mildly amusing article on Slashdot several weeks ago
>> about how, when the international space station was resupplied,
>> DVD movies were among the items the astronauts requested as part
>> of
>> their personal weight allowance.
>>
>> There was discussion about which region outer space was in, and
>> whether the astronauts would be breaking a law every several
>> minutes as they passed between regions :)
>>
>> (As it happens, there's one region for such 'special international
>> venues' as cruise ships, and that's how it's dealt with)
>
>Stragne - I heard that Sony equipped the astronauts with a player
>capable of playing any DVD (a player with disabled region-lock
>check)...
I didn't know it was possible to disable the check; I'd thought it
was somehow integrated into the cryptosystem.
If it is possible, that means the players are being deliberately
designed to check, which could place the manufacturers at a legal
disadvantage if they're ever accused of interfering with free trade
or any such - which I, as a perpetual optimist, devotely hope they
eventually will be.
Nathan
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