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This is a method of scrambling DVD movie content so that DVD movies will not be played on unlicensed DVD player hardware. CSS is part of a complex group of technologies, including Macrovision and DVD Region control, developed to attempt to control the viewing and copying of DVD movies. A side effect of CSS is that no DVD movie playing software was developed for Linux, and thus the DeCSS program was created--its legality
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Content Scrambling System - In article , Mark J Cuccia wrote: It should be noted that this feature being discussed in the thread is STRICTLY related to WIRELESS (cellular) phones. And the code *4 in this case (usage determination) might possibly only be applicable for that particular model of cellular phone and the cellular/wireless service provider.*4 is specific to a single carrier: Sprint PCS.Verizon Wireless uses #646 for the same thing; most other carriers whooffer such info have this info available as an option on theircustomer service lines, usually reachable by dialing 611 or *611 whileon the same carrier's network. A few carriers, namely AT&T Wirelessand Nextel, don't offer usage info by phone but only via their websites.Sprint PCS also happens to be the only wireless carrier that doesn'tadvertise use of the usual 611 or *611 to reach customer service --they use *2 (although 611 will still work) so that they can pushroaming data updates to customers' phones as needed (phones sold foruse on the SPCS network apparently treat *2 like *228, the CDMAstandards' standard code for phone activation and roaming dataupdates.)Stanley Cline -- sc1 at roamer1 dot org -- http://www.roamer1.org/"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There mightbe a law against it by that time." -/usr/games/fortune
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