Re: reverse engineering bounties

Mike Melanson writes:
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Michael Roitzsch wrote:
> 
> > CSS is forbidden? Really? How do they sell DVDs in CH? Unencrypted?
> 
> 	During my time in .ch, I heard that if you purchase a DVD player
> that honors CSS restrictions, you can send it back to the manufacturer who
> is required to "mod" it for free. Something like that. Though they may
> just sell region-free players in the first place.

IIRC what Attila told me about CSS, then players in Switzerland are
sold region free.  Anyway, getting rid of region restrictions for
hardware DVD players mostly just requires entering some manufacturer
code on the remote control.  Many Hi-Fi shops do it for you.  CSS is
such an absurd charade..

Anyway, this is getting offtopic.

Diego


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