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  • adjective Alternative spelling of region free.

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Examples

  • The IT Crowd, Channel 4 UK's brilliant sitcom about sysadmins, is coming out on DVD in the US (previous DVDs were region-free, but were only sold through UK retailers and importers to the US).

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Out on 12 March 2010 in retailers nationwide and available region-free through website www. ctlfilms.com

    Blood of the Irish DVD Released « Cork Genealogist 2010

  • Do you really think that Canadians are going to stop putting videos on YouTube, breaking DRM from their DVDs, enjoying region-free players, etc, just because you've passed this dumb law?

    Boing Boing 2008

  • It's some pretty crazy reading -- among other things, ACTA will outlaw P2P (even when used to share works that are legally available, like my books), and crack down on things like region-free DVD players.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • NOTE: For those who have asked, here is a link to the Amazon Japan site from which this DVD can be purchased from overseas: www.amazon.co.jp Please note that this is a Region 2 DVD, so to play this movie, you will require either a region-free DVD player, or the software that will play region free DVDs on your computer.

    Tamagotchi Movie Opening Credits | TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2010

  • How pissed are Canadians about the new copyright bill, Bill C61, which was introduced without any consultation and which makes it a crime to upload clips to YouTube or use a region-free DVD player?

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Currently, the region-free DVD is priced under 20 bucks, with free shipping anywhere in the world and a promise to get it to you by Christmas.

    Diving Into The Force Among Us | Fan Cinema Today 2008

  • The DVDs are even region-free, so they'll work on any DVD player, and are very professionally recorded and edited which is good, 'cause you're paying the yen equivalent of over 100 bucks per DVD.

    okay, under some circumstances it *is* okay to remake CASABLANCA hradzka 2010

  • Among other things, ACTA will outlaw P2P (even when used to share works that are legally available, like my books), and crack down on things like region-free DVD players.

    Leaked ACTA Treaty Will Outlaw P2P - The Consumerist 2008

  • The Open Source Cinema folks have cut together this PSA about Canada's new copyright bill, C-61, which imports the worst elements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, turning millions of Canadians into presumptive criminals who will be forever at risk of losing their property, privacy and dignity for the "crimes" of posting a clip to YouTube, breaking the DRM on a CD, or using a region-free DVD player.

    Boing Boing 2008

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