Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3100 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Sunday 2006-03-19 at 09:48 -0500, James Knott wrote:

> It would be nice if that regional coding had an expiry date.  For
> example a DVD could be played anywhere 2 years after release.  This
> would accomodate such market protection, while allowing full use of
> purchased DVDs.  As it stands now, what happens when someone buys
> several DVDs and moves to a different area?  If they move from Europe to
> North America, they'll likely have to buy a new player and won't be able
> to play their movies.

No way! - from "their" point of view - because then you would be able to 
buy movies from India, where the same titles are far cheaper than in 
Europe. Thus they will not set an expiry date.

- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson

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