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[FYI] Sony quietly codes DVDs to defeat popular multi-region players
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- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:29:16 +0100
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Sony quietly codes DVDs to defeat popular multi-region players
By Ben Berkowitz INSIDE.COM
Nov. 3 — Less than a month after Warner Home Video denied that it had
put any software on its DVDs to prevent the discs from being played
in unauthorized players (and also denied that a final version of the
software even existed), competitor Columbia TriStar Home Video has
confirmed that it is now using the security software on some of its
discs.
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