John S. Denker writes: > The main thing the industry really had at stake in > this case is the "zone locking" aka "region code" > system.
I don't see much evidence for this. As you go on to admit, multi-region players are easily available overseas. You seem to be claiming that the industry's main goal was to protect zone locking when that is already being widely defeated. Isn't it about a million times more probable that the industry's main concern was PEOPLE RIPPING DVDS AND TRADING THE FILES? Movies are freely available on the net, just like MP3s, and the DeCSS software was the initial technology that made ripping DVD's possible. Many people would rather get something for free than to pay for it, and DVD ripping allows that for movies. The MPAA obviously is afraid of following the RIAA into oblivion. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]