On Friday, January 4, 2002, at 09:03 pm, Ben Dyer wrote: > On 02:44 PM 1/4/2002, Salvatore Palmisano said to me: >> DVDs are encoded for specific regions, similar to the NTSC and PAL >> video >> formats (I think). >> Here's some more information: >> http://www.laserrot.com/info/lrinfo/dvdmap.html > > Actually, it was originally designed with copy protection in mind, Or (more likely) protecting margins in high cost regions *cough*Europe*cough* so the punters can't import from overseas. Cheers Martin _______________________________________________ email: martin at easyweb.co.uk PGP ID: 0xA835CCCB martin at members.evolt.org snailmail: 30 Shandon Place tel: +44 (0)774 063 9985 Edinburgh, url: http://www.easyweb.co.uk Scotland