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  2. DVD region code - Wikipedia

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    DVD regions. DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997. [1] It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region.

  3. List of Compact Disc and DVD copy protection schemes

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    DVD-Cops See CD-Cops in previous section. DVD region code Restricts region where media can be played by matching region number with configuration flag in DVD players. LaserLock Includes hidden directory on the CD containing corrupted data which will cause errors while being copied. SafeDisc (version 4) See SafeDisc (versions 1-5) in previous ...

  4. Regional lockout - Wikipedia

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    The DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and UMD media formats all support the use of region coding; DVDs use eight region codes (Region 7 is reserved for future use; Region 8 is used for "international venues", such as airplanes and cruise ships), and Blu-ray Discs use three region codes corresponding to different areas of the world. Most Blu-rays, however, are ...

  5. HD DVD Forum working on region codes and China-only format

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    Well, the 34th DVD Forum Steering Committee meeting occurred two days ago in Seattle, but it wasn't just the usual hum drum logo approvals and plans for world living room domination.

  6. Regional Playback Control - Wikipedia

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    RPC-1 and RPC-2 are designations applied to firmware for DVD drives. Older DVD drives use RPC-1 firmware, which allows DVDs from any region to play. Newer drives use RPC-2 firmware, which enforces DVD region coding at the hardware level. See DVD region code#Computer DVD drives for further information.

  7. Talk:DVD region code - Wikipedia

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    In the "Regional codes and countries" section, Region 0 is "Any region/region-free", while Region ALL has all 1-8 flags set, allowing the disc to be played in any location, on any player. What, then, is the practical difference between Region 0 and Region ALL?

  8. Region 4 - Wikipedia

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    Region 4 or Region IV can refer to: One of the DVD region codes; Region 4, Northwest Territories (Canadian census) The West of the US (one of four regions of the US census) One of the health regions of Canada managed by Vitalité Health Network; Former Region 4 (Johannesburg), an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa ...

  9. DVD Copy Control Association - Wikipedia

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    The case was dropped in January 2004. CSS decrypting software (such as DVD Decrypter, AnyDVD, and DVD Shrink) allows a region-specific DVD to be copied as an all-region DVD. It also removes Macrovision, CSS, region codes, and user operation prohibitions. They also filed the suit DVD CCA v.