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List:       xine-codec-devel
Subject:    Re: [codec-devel] reverse engineering bounties
From:       Michael Roitzsch <mroi () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2004-10-06 13:50:16
Message-ID: 200410061550.16057.mroi () users ! sourceforge ! net
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Hi Felix,

> > > CSS is forbidden? Really? How do they sell DVDs in CH? Unencrypted?
> >
> > 	During my time in .ch, I heard that if you purchase a DVD player
> > that honors CSS restrictions, you can send it back to the manufacturer
> > who is required to "mod" it for free. Something like that. Though they
> > may just sell region-free players in the first place.
>
> Isn't region code protection and CSS two totally different pairs of shoes?

That's true. CSS and the Region Code are completely orthogonal concepts.

Michael

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