"Oh, bollocks." No, we can't definitively prove that Gordon Brown said that after witnessing a "Wrong Region" code when inserting a DVD given to him by Barack Obama, but we're sure something of the sort was uttered. You see, the ridiculous DVD region coding system recently prevented the British Prime Minister from viewing a set of 25 "American classics" on DVD, all of which were bestowed upon him by President Obama during a recent visit to Washington, D.C. We hate to bludgeon a dead mule, but seriously, when will the
DRM madness end? Er, on second thought, maybe this is precisely what's necessary to keep those
region-free player outlets in business, and thus, the economy strong.
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techdirt, image courtesy of
AmericaLives]
posted Mar 20th 2009 at 5:43AM 
