|  | Posted by Steven de Mena on 04/02/06 05:56 
"Ken" <muffin@labyrinth.net.au> wrote in message news:442dea4e$0$7601$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
 > Steven de Mena wrote:
 >> "Ken" <muffin@labyrinth.net.au> wrote in message
 >> news:442D0A0D.4060904@labyrinth.net.au...
 >>
 >>>Hi guys. Any thoughts on the following?
 >>>
 >>>I'm a movie buff (in Australia, which is Region 4) and get sent DVDs,
 >>>including commercial ones, from friends around the world.
 >>>
 >>>But my new Acer laptop computer tells me that I must nominate just one
 >>>Region for it to play DVDs from.  (As a sop, I guess, it allows me 5
 >>>initial plays from anywhere, but after that I must settle for whichever
 >>>Region I finally select.)
 >>>
 >>>Can this unfair restriction be circumvented?
 >>
 >>
 >> Why is it unfair?
 >>
 >> Steve
 >>
 >>
 >
 > No verbal games, please.  Do you want me to buy four computers to each
 > play one of four DVD regions - a I said, I have friends around the world
 > (four regions) who send me DVDs.
 
 No, but the producers have a right to place those restrictions on their
 product, which THEY own.
 
 Steve
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