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>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:46:28 -0400
>From: James Hogg <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7278.5 New computers with DVD drives and regions (!)
>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>

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Is there a law establishing the DVD zones of the world? I think it is 
only an industry initiative. Since major conglomerates produce the DVDs 
and the players, and sell them they are in collusion about the zones. 
There are websites devoted to figuring out how to break the codes of 
set top players, and of course there is software for bypassing the 
zones on computer DVD players. I haven't heard of any witch hunts to 
get the people doing this. Even zone free machines are sold legally. 
Many have bought them. These machines have been altered, but I don't 
think it is illegal. It just voids the manufacturers warranty.



On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 02:30 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from "Greg Smith" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>> Reply-To: "Greg Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>> From: "Greg Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information 
>> Forum"    <[log in to unmask]>
>> References: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Re: #7278.1 New computers with DVD drives and regions (!)
>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:39:04 -0700
>> Organization: CSUMB
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> Gus,
> Without getting too deep into this, if a DVD is encoded for playback in
> only a specific region, wouldn't defeating this be a violation of the
> copyright or other use agreements?
> Greg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gus Leonard" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 11:49 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Re: #7278.1 New computers with DVD drives and regions (!)
>
>
> Greg,
> I don't know if htis request has come to you ever, but because DVDs are
> Zone regulated, there are some hacks that allow international DVDs to 
> be
> played back on standard computer DVD players.
> I thought this list might be useful to you sometime.
> --Gus
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> Hello,
> I talked about the solution to this problem implemented at St. Lawrence
> University at CALICO in May in Ottawa.  Here are some links from that
> presentation.  These focus on a long-term fix that renders the DVD-ROM
> region free permanently (several different  options for accomplishing
> this).
>
> *DVD Genie http://www.inmatrix.com/genie/index.shtml
> *Region Killer http://www.elby.ch/english/fun/software/index.html
> *Win2000 & Win XP Registry Hacks
> http://www.inmatrix.com/articles/win2000.shtml
> *DVD Region Free http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm
> Regards,
>
> Carine Ullom
> Director, Language Resource Center/
> Instructional Technology Specialist
> Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
> St. Lawrence University
> Canton, NY 13617
>
>
>
>
> LLTI-Editor wrote:
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>>> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:24:39 -0400
>>> From: Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: New computers with DVD drives and regions
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> When you get new computers in that have DVD drives, do any of you have
> a
>> process for locking the firmware down to a specific region? My
>> understanding is that most drives let you change regions 5 times 
>> before
>
>> they lock, and it would probably not be good if any of the machines 
>> got
>> locked into something other than region 1. Or, maybe it would be good
> to
>> select certain machines to be region 1, region 2, and so on. In any
> event,
>> I want to choose what happens with each one rather than leaving it to
>> chance.
>>
>> Any of you have well-thought-out policies about this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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>> Laura Atkinson
>> Technical Coordinator for Foreign Language Computing
>> Duke University
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