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The newer versions of the copy software DVDFab (9.1.5.0 and higher) come in a US version ( no Blu-ray-ripping feature), which is downloaded if the homepage dvdfab.cn identifies a US IP address, and a non-US version ( with working Blu-ray-ripping feature). The current version of CloneCD (5.3.1.4) is not region-restricted anymore. SlySoft decided to leave these options disabled for the US for legal reasons, but, strangely enough, in the program " AnyDVD", which is also illegal according to US law, no features were disabled.
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Changing the region and language settings in Windows (e.g., to Canadian English) or patches could unlock these features in the two countries.
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In older versions of the copy software CloneCD, the features " Amplify Weak Sectors", " Protected PC Games," and " Hide CDR Media" were disabled in the United States and Japan. Some features of certain programs are/were disabled if the software is/was installed on a computer in a certain region. (Before the change of the value, AnyDVD must be closed, and after changing, it must be restarted.)
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The software developers say users can also change the country code in the registry value "bdCountr圜ode" themselves. (For example, the United States is "US" (21843 or hex 0x5553), Japan is "JP" (19024 or hex 0x4a50), and Canada is "CA" (17217 or hex 0x4341).) Although there are only three Blu-ray regions, the country code allows much more precise control of the regional distribution of Blu-ray Discs than the six (or eight) DVD regions.ĪnyDVD HD (7.5.9.0 and higher) has an option to turn off the check of the country code of by using the value 4294967295 or hex 0xFFFFFFFF. This means, for example, while both the US and Japan are Region A, some American discs will not play on devices/software configured for Japan or vice versa, since the two countries have different country codes. In stand-alone players, the region code is part of the firmware.įor bypassing region codes, there are software and multi-regional players available.Ī new form of Blu-ray region coding tests not only the region of the player/player software, but also its country code, repurposing a user setting intended for localization (PSR19) as a new form of regional lockout. The region code is stored in a file or the registry, and there are hacks to reset the region counter of the player software. Unlike DVD regions, Blu-ray regions are verified only by the player software, not by the computer system or the drive. In modern DVD drives (type RPC-2), the region lock is saved to its hardware, so that even reinstalling Windows or using the drive with a different computer will not unlock the drive again. After the fifth region change, the system is locked to that region. Windows uses three region counters: its own one, the one of the DVD drive, and the one of the player software (occasionally, the player software has no region counter of its own, but uses that of Windows). On computers, the DVD region can usually be changed five times. The DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and UMD media formats all support the use of region coding DVDs use eight region codes (Region 7 is reserved for future use Region 8 is used for "international venues", such as airplanes and cruise ships), and Blu-ray Discs use three region codes corresponding to different areas of the world. Main articles: DVD region code, Blu-ray § Region codes, and Universal Media Disc § Region coding A regional lockout may be enforced through physical means, through technological means such as detecting the user's IP address or using an identifying code, or through unintentional means introduced by devices only supporting certain regional technologies (such as video formats, i.e., NTSC and PAL).Ī regional lockout may be enforced for several reasons, such as to stagger the release of a certain product, to avoid losing sales to the product's foreign publisher, to maximize the product's impact in a certain region through localization, to hinder grey market imports by enforcing price discrimination, or to prevent users from accessing certain content in their territory because of legal reasons (either due to censorship laws, or because a distributor does not have the rights to certain intellectual property outside their specified region). ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī regional lockout (or region coding) is a class of digital rights management preventing the use of a certain product or service, such as multimedia or a hardware device, outside a certain region or territory. JSTOR ( March 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.