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Originally Posted by HarryT
I really don't think that the typical consumer gives two hoots about it. People are used to it - pretty much everyone buys DVD with DRM region encoding.
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Only going by the few people that I personally know, server based DRM for books is disliked because it is so unwieldy and cumbersome. One older guy I know just gave up in frustration when trying to recover all the books he lost when he bought a new computer and gave his reformatted old computer to his granddaughter. Regional restrictions on DVDs is very unobtrusive, so you are probably right that most people don't notice it. It is also quite easy to buy DVD players that do not honor regional restrictions.