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Re: #6963.3 Recommendation needed: Multistandard VCR & Codefree DVD (!)
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>Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 12:31:21 -0500
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>From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6963 Recommendation needed: Multistandard VCR & Codefree DVD
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The Odyssey DVD player is great and seems to read everything.
However, I find that our equipment dept. is not going to buy them because 
they feel this is a potential violation of the new copyright laws. It is 
important for institutions to respect the regional encryption on the DVDs. 
My understanding is that the Odyssey does not ignore or violate the 
encryption but includes the appropriate decoding mechanism for each 
region--that is, it would not violate the law.
However, someone on the list reported a while ago that the distributor was 
no longer carrying the Odyssey player because of copyright concerns.

I would be interested in comments.

Judy Shoaf
University of Florida

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