Blockbuster prez calls for end to DVD region-coding

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Blockbuster Chief: End DVD Region Codes

Blockbuster Chief: End DVD Region Codes 12/17/2003 10:45 AM
Xesdeeni writes "Blockbuster's President/COO Nigel Travis has called for the elimination of the DVD region code. At issue is the situation when a movie is ...

Blockbuster presidents want an end to
DVD region codes

Blockbuster presidents want an end to
DVD region codes 12/17/2003 01:15 PM
No less a personage than Nigel Travis, the president and COO of Blockbuster, is calling for the end of region coded DVDs (that annoying system...

Blockbuster Launches BLOCKBUSTER
Online(TM) - The Movie Store at Your
Door(TM)

Blockbuster Launches BLOCKBUSTER
Online(TM) - The Movie Store at Your
Door(TM) 08/11/2004 06:27 AM
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A New Prez for DoCoMo?

A New Prez for DoCoMo? 04/12/2004 12:41 PM
The Feature Apr 12 2004 4:59PM GMT

321 prez goes to Congress

321 prez goes to Congress 05/03/2004 08:06 AM
USA Today May 3 2004 12:27PM GMT

The prez who cried wolf

The prez who cried wolf 08/02/2004 02:02 PM
Is it mere chance that, while the bunting is still being pulled down at the Fleet Center, the nation is galvanized by another threat warning from the Department of Homeland Defense? Or is there, as we're hearing, something truly, definitively different about this threat report -- something, beyond the specificity of the named targets, that distinguishes it from the previous, transparently manipulative Tom Ridge scares?

The only reasonable answer anyone not sitting in or near the Oval Office can provide is, we don't know. And that's precisely the problem the Bush administration has created for the nation.

This morning on NPR I heard Larry Johnson, described as a former counter-terrorism official at the CIA and State Department, debunk the threat report. The information behind this weekend's alert for key financial buildings in New York and Washington -- which, we're told, have been cased by al-Qaida -- apparently came from an al-Qaida communications operative captured by Pakistan in mid-July. If you read this New York Times report on him, you'll learn that the casing of buildings started even before 9/11. Maybe these were al-Qaida's alternate plans for the 9/11 attack itself. Maybe they were considering a follow-up. Maybe the plans were shelved, maybe they weren't. As far as we know, the new information is specific about location but tells us nothing about timing. Which is why the timing of the current warning -- aimed for maximum damping of any post-convention Democratic bounce -- smells so fishy.

Perhaps the Bush administration knows more than we do. But between its weapons-of-mass-destruction debacle and its record of timing bogus scares for maximum politial gain, this gang is no longer in a position to say, "trust us."

Johnson's argument, which the Times report corroborates, is that the Bush administration's warning is a cover-your-ass exercise that does nothing to make us safer but that does help reveal to al-Qaida exactly what our defense preparations look like. Oh, and of course it also helps Bush politically by underscoring his message that Americans need to be very, very afraid and only he can protect us.

Bush, Cheney and Ridge have set up themselves and the nation they are supposed to be protecting in a classic boy-who-cried-wolf situation. Unfortunately, as Johnson observed, there really is a wolf out there, and he's probably quite amused and delighted by all the Bush administration's self-serving alarms.

At a time when more than anything else we need to be able to trust our government, our government has tossed that trust away for a mess of political pottage. Beyond his economy-choking, job-limiting economic policies and his deceptively justified, incompetently executed "war of choice" in Iraq, President Bush has lost credibility in the most basic realm of defense against another 9/11. Which is why throwing this administration out on its ears is a necessary prerequisite to restoring Americans' safety. A government whose word we doubt is a government that can't protect us.

Group Insists Washington Not First Prez
(AP)

Group Insists Washington Not First Prez
(AP) 01/27/2004 09:13 AM
AP - George Washington is facing an opponent for office, even though his term has long expired.

Adobe prez/CEO to deliver AeA keynote

Adobe prez/CEO to deliver AeA keynote 06/14/2004 10:11 AM
Adobe President/CEO Bruce Chizen will deliver the keynote address at the American Electronics Association's (AeA) annual high-tech government dinner in Washington, D.C...

RIAA prez grilled on Internet2 lawsuits

RIAA prez grilled on Internet2 lawsuits 04/14/2005 12:47 PM
Cory Doctorow: Cary Sherman, President of the RIAA, gave a talk and press conference last night at a college in the Carolinas, in which student journos grilled him about the lawsuits the RIAA has brought against Internet2 users:

Question: Jennifer Kulig, The Burr, Kent State University: How does the RIAA detect Internet2 users?

Cary Sherman: For obvious reasons, we don't reveal that information.

Link (Thanks, Robert!)

Motorola taps former Sun prez Zander as
new chief

Motorola taps former Sun prez Zander as
new chief 12/16/2003 11:16 AM
CEO at long last

New fiction novel features characters
who plot to kill the prez

New fiction novel features characters
who plot to kill the prez 07/03/2004 04:42 PM
A new, 115-page fiction book from otherwise easygoing author Nicholson Baker features a pair of protagonists who discuss ways to assasinate George W. Bush. To threaten to kill the president in real life is illegal. To explore such a topic in fiction is presumably protected by the First Amendment.

They don't actually do the deed, or even attempt it, but the book is - according to early snippets - replete with deep-seated anger and elegantly nasty epithets hurled at both the President and his cabinet. Mr Baker's publisher, Alfred Knopf, plans to release the book on 24 August, on the eve of the Republican National Convention in New York. To call it a provocation would be an understatement. The author and publishers have no intention of giving anybody ideas - to do so would be a criminal offence - but they are certainly playing very close to the edge in a United States that, in the wake of the 11 September attacks, has shown no compunction about locking people up and asking questions later.

There was no immediate official reaction yesterday after extracts from Checkpoint were published in The Washington Post. A spokesman for the Secret Service, the uniformed outfit charged with protecting the President and other officials, told the Post merely that "without seeing the work, a determination can't be made at this time".

Link (Thanks, Susa nnah)

The New York Times > Opinion >
Op-Ed Columnist: The Comeback Prez

The New York Times > Opinion >
Op-Ed Columnist: The Comeback Prez 09/06/2004 09:08 AM
SAFIRE: THE COMEBACK PREZ .. too excited

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PowerSchool prez talks product's
present, future

PowerSchool prez talks product's
present, future 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
By Dennis Sellers - PowerSchool, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, last month released PowerSchool SIS 3.7, the latest version of the Web-based, Mac and Windows compatible student information system for K-12 schools and school districts...

"In which our columnist sits down with
the prez for some truly tough talk. Can
Dubya handle it?"

"In which our columnist sits down with
the prez for some truly tough talk. Can
Dubya handle it?" 05/02/2004 08:40 AM

Gallup: Bush Approval Rating Lowest Ever
for 2nd-Term Prez at this Point

Gallup: Bush Approval Rating Lowest Ever
for 2nd-Term Prez at this Point 04/06/2005 03:17 AM
any president in March of their 2nd term - 45% .. can we quit

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New York Daily News - Home - Rush &
Molloy: Punk the prez?

New York Daily News - Home - Rush &
Molloy: Punk the prez? 02/10/2004 10:36 AM
When were you last on the Web, Moby? Don't you realize the favorite hobby of most surfers is spreading conspiracy theories? .. Punk the prez? Moby's anti-Bush tricks .. circulate rumors about Bush .. Liars for Kerry

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BU terminates agreement with incoming
prez Dan Goldin (ex-NASA admin) for $1.8
million

BU terminates agreement with incoming
prez Dan Goldin (ex-NASA admin) for $1.8
million 11/03/2003 05:28 AM
rude to the board oftrustees .. Globe article

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Prez in Topless Tabloid: London Paper
Nabs Rare Bush Exclusive

Prez in Topless Tabloid: London Paper
Nabs Rare Bush Exclusive 11/16/2003 05:58 AM
for its Page 3 Girls .. naked, busty women .. Bumbling fuckwit .. Read article

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11 Hard Questions For Bush / In which
our columnist sits down with the prez
for some truly tough talk. Can Dubya
handle it?

11 Hard Questions For Bush / In which
our columnist sits down with the prez
for some truly tough talk. Can Dubya
handle it? 05/01/2004 09:04 AM
In which our columnist sits down with the prez for some truly tough talk. Can Dubya handle it? .. 11 hard questions for shrub .. Some fine fine hate .. Mark Morford

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Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls?

Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls? 04/21/2004 03:53 PM
Last week we noted a new study saying that people get annoyed with others talking on mobile phones because they only hear one half of the conversation. At the time, I wrote that this made sense as periods of silence followed by talking are a lot more jarring to the passive listener. However, this BBC report claims that the reason for the annoyance is that it shows that we're more curious about what the other party is saying. I'm not sure I buy that. It seems much more likely that it's the variability in noise, from silent to noisy rather than any form of curiosity. When the conversation is at a constant hum (even when loud), it's much easier to tune it out. Still, the findings do go against the opinion many people have expressed that things like "push-to-talk" where the phone usually acts as a speaker phone would be more annoying since we get to hear both sides of the conversation. In fact, the researchers behind the study are even suggesting that mobile phone makers may want to explore adding speaker phones to more phones to make them less annoying. Of course, the study only set up two conditions: a conversation on a mobile phone and a face-to-face conversation. They didn't test the speaker phone situation to see how annoying that was. It's possible that the annoyance factor comes from the inability to make use of body language to express concepts as well, leading to a different tone of voice.

Blockbuster Looks Better

Blockbuster Looks Better 04/21/2004 02:22 PM
The movie rental giant has a few things going its way.

Is Blockbuster Really In It to Win?

Is Blockbuster Really In It to Win? 03/23/2005 10:10 AM
Blockbuster's latest marketing campaigns are -- surprise -- a little misleading.

Blockbuster With a Joystick

Blockbuster With a Joystick 02/07/2005 01:30 AM
New York Times Feb 7 2005 3:26AM GMT

Blockbuster vs. Netflix

Blockbuster vs. Netflix 08/11/2004 05:06 PM
USA Today Aug 11 2004 8:43PM GMT

Viacom vs. Blockbuster

Viacom vs. Blockbuster 09/17/2004 10:40 AM
Viacom is looking to dump Blockbuster, but that doesn't mean that you should elect to do the same.

A Blockbuster Orphan

A Blockbuster Orphan 02/10/2004 04:04 PM
Spun off by Viacom, will the movie renter be hobbled by debt?

Blockbuster expands to Net

Blockbuster expands to Net 08/11/2004 02:57 AM
USA Today Aug 11 2004 6:55AM GMT

This Offer Is No Blockbuster

This Offer Is No Blockbuster 12/29/2004 12:23 PM
The battle for Hollywood Entertainment is being fought with plastic swords.

A Blockbuster Summer?

A Blockbuster Summer? 06/08/2004 10:52 AM
The pessimism over video rental chains can stand a little rewinding.

Blockbuster Of A Deal

Blockbuster Of A Deal 09/11/2004 11:54 PM
Blockbuster is offering a special deal when you pre-order the Star Wars DVDs through their stores. If you order the DVDs through them, you get a free 7-week rental card. One rental per week, beginning the week of purchase. See the photos above for the full details.

Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Blockbuster

Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Blockbuster 05/26/2004 02:59 PM
Is it too late to get into the ring with Netflix?

Blockbuster Drops Bid for Hollywood Ent.
(AP)

Blockbuster Drops Bid for Hollywood Ent.
(AP) 03/25/2005 09:15 AM
AP - Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. said Friday it is dropping its bid for smaller rival Hollywood Entertainment Corp., which had resisted its overtures in favor of a lower offer from another video rental company.

Blockbuster To Pay Up For No Late Fee
Fees

Blockbuster To Pay Up For No Late Fee
Fees 03/29/2005 02:05 PM
Following Blockbuster's plan to drop late fees in favor of a longer grace period and then a large lump charge for "buying the movie" if you waited too long to return the film, New Jersey came along and sued Blockbuster for being misleading about its "no late fees" marketing slogan. Apparently, 46 other states jumped on the bandwagon and sued as well. Sensing trouble, it appears that Blockbuster has given in and will pay up a fine, refund fees paid and change their marketing program away from the "no late fees" claim. It still seems like Blockbuster had a valid claim here. A late fee is a "punishment" fee for returning a product late. Blockbuster wasn't punishing customers, but simply assuming that they were buying the video in question. In other words, people were getting something in return for those fees -- not just randomly charged.

Motorola has a blockbuster quarter

Motorola has a blockbuster quarter 04/21/2004 12:50 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Apr 21 2004 4:07PM GMT

IT majors see another blockbuster year

IT majors see another blockbuster year 04/01/2005 06:50 AM
ZDNet India Apr 1 2005 10:30AM GMT

Will Blockbuster Bust Netflix?

Will Blockbuster Bust Netflix? 08/11/2004 12:08 PM
Blockbuster may be beat up, but it's starting to fight back.

Coding and Climbing

Coding and Climbing 04/02/2005 03:48 PM
It had never occurred to me that writing software is like climbing Mt. Fuji, but Step han Grell makes it all clear.

Bar Coding The World Away

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I have this drive and I set the region
code 4 times and it

I have this drive and I set the region
code 4 times and it 09/04/2004 05:31 PM
TechTree Sep 4 2004 8:44PM GMT

DVD Region-Free 3.20 Released

DVD Region-Free 3.20 Released 10/29/2003 08:15 PM

DVD Region-Free 3.30 Updated

DVD Region-Free 3.30 Updated 01/18/2004 07:08 PM

Region-free-ify your Mac's DVD drive

Region-free-ify your Mac's DVD drive 12/15/2003 12:59 PM
Here's a firmware update that can region-free-ify and speed up your Mac's Superdrive DVD drive. Warning: may screw up your computer ferociously. Warning: may violate the DMCA. Warning: It's your goddamned computer, why the hell hasn't Apple given you the capability of watching all your DVDs on it, no matter what country you bought them in? Link (Thanks, Pat!)

Apple restricting DVD region-changes --
voluntarily! -- UPDATED

Apple restricting DVD region-changes --
voluntarily! -- UPDATED 02/01/2005 08:37 PM
Cory Doctorow: Apple's DVD players are subject to restrictive rules laid out by greedy Hollywood studios that don't really care if they piss off Apple's customers, since that's Apple's lookout. However, I've just discovered, to my amazement, that Apple imposes its very own restrictions on its DVD players over and above those imposed by the studios: that's right, Apple voluntarily treats its customers worse than the studios say it has to.

In the crazy world of DRM for DVDs, there's this idea that a Hollywood studio should be able to tell you where you're allowed to watch a DVD after you buy it. They accomplish this with something called "Region Codes." Discs have region-codes and players have region-codes. If you have a Region 1 disc (US and Canada) and a Region 2 player (Europe), and you put the disc in the player, the player will reject it.

But what happens when you take your laptop from New York to London? You're in Region 2, but you bought your device in Region 1. Can you buy a disc in London and play it on your computer?

Yes and no. When a computer manufacturer gets a DVD-decoding license from Hollywood's licensing cartel (the DVD Copy Control Association or CCA), it is allowed to make players that can change regions up to five times.

What's more, once the region-switches have run out, computer companies can reset your counter at a service depot a further five times. That means that you get 25 region-switches. This sucks pretty bad: I moved from San Francisco to London with hundreds of Region 1 DVDs and now when I buy a movie in the shop, it's Region 2. That means that if I watch a movie from my US collection once a week, and once from my UK connection the next week, I'll run out of region switches in three months. Three months after moving to the UK, I'll have to throw out half my DVDs.

So, basically, I don't watch my DVDs. Sometimes, though, I'm weak, and I tune into one and squander one of my precious region switches. Now my nearly-new Powerbook has only one switch left out of its initial five, and so I brought it to Apple to get them to reset the counter. It needed service anyway (I'm on my fifth or sixth screen replacement for the defect in the 15" machines that causes the "white blobs" to obscure the display), so it seemed like a good time to do it.

I know that Apple is allowed to do this. How do I know? Well, when EFF went to the Copyright Office and asked it to give us an exemption to the DMCA to make tools for watching out-of-region DVDs, Time-Warner showed up and told us this:

"And, the way it works, and I apologize because it's a little bit complicated, the consumer can set it five times. After the fifth time that they've reset it, they do have an ability to reset it again, but they have to bring the drive to an authorized dealer or an authorized service representative, who can then authorize an additional set of five changes, and then they can bring it back for a second, for a third, fourth and fifth set of authorized changes. So you can change it 25 times in total, but you have to go back for each set of five. You only get the first five when you buy the ROM drive itself."

That was Dean Marks, from AOL Time Warner. Straight from the horse's mouth, testifying to the US government.

But when my Powerbook was ready for pickup, Apple left me a voicemail saying that they couldn't reset my DVD player, that doing so would void my warranty.

When I went into the Apple Store in London to get the machine, I asked about it. I wanted this in writing: if they had a policy that said that they couldn't fix my region-counter, I wanted to be able to tell Dean Marks about it the next time we went to the Copyright Office and ask him why Apple thought it couldn't reset my counter.

Apple refused to put it into writing. They refused to let me record them telling me they couldn't fix my Powerbook. They wouldn't even put in writing that they were referring me to the legal department. Eventually I spoke to the manager, who promised to get back to me the next day.

The next day, he did. He told me that he'd spoken to legal and that they wouldn't put anything in writing. However, they did have some documents on their website they printed for me that talk about DVDs.

1. DVD Player: About DVD-Video Regions, last modified July 16, 2004, technical contributor J Scalo. This document describes the different regions, saying that after five region-switches, "the drive is permanently set to use that region, and you cannot make any more changes."

   Interestingly, this also contains something labeled APPLE EYES ONLY that says that

   On Wallstreet and PDQ (PowerBook G3 Series M4753), the number of region code changes remaining is not stored in the firmware of the DVD drive but rather in the DVD extension and NVRAM. This information should absolutely not be conveyed to the customer.

   In extreme customer satisfaction situations you can reset the region change count by following this procedure:

   1. Reset PRAM/NVRAM by pressing Fn-Ctrl-Shift-Power while the computer is turned off
   2. Startup with system extensions off.
   3. Restart with system extensions on.

   Note: This procedure resets some of the customer's custom settings.

   After following this procedure, the region change count for the drive is reset to five.

   In later PowerBook models, the region count is stored in the firmware of the drive and cannot be reset with this procedure.

2. Changing the region code of your DVD drive, last modified on January 23, 2004. This document says that you can only change your region code five times. "After that, the region code is set permanently and you cannot change it."

So there's two things going on here that I'm pretty pissed off about:

1. The studios have screwed the electronics companies with this region code business and I have to throw out my DVDs or buy an extra Powerbook or something
2. Worse, though: Apple has a policy about region-changing that is more restrictive than it has to be: they're playing for the other side. This really stinks and makes me wonder why I should keep on buying Apple hardware.

Lots of Apple execs read Boing Boing. If you have a reply on this, email me and I'll be happy to discuss it with you.

Update: Many of you have written to point out that VLC plays out of region DVDs on a Powerbook. That's nice, but it doesn't work reliably on my Powerbook.

Update 2: Thanks for all the tips on how to hack my Powerbook or change its firmware. I'm afraid that I'm not in the market for this, though, tempting as it is, as I've been informed that using these tools will void my warranty.

TechVision Asia new computer reseller
for Asia-Pacific region

TechVision Asia new computer reseller
for Asia-Pacific region 09/18/2004 03:40 AM
TechVision Asia is a new reseller of computer components for the asia pacific region. We are specialized in networking and storage products. [PRWEB Sep 18, 2004]

Peace push for DR Congo region

Peace push for DR Congo region 05/11/2004 05:10 AM
Militias in Ituri are urged to end fighting and join in with the national peace process at talks in the Congolese capital.

Clashes in Pakistan tribal region

Clashes in Pakistan tribal region 06/09/2004 04:25 AM
A Pakistani army base and checkpoints are attacked by suspected militants in South Waziristan.

Newsday.com - State/Region News

Newsday.com - State/Region News 12/19/2004 03:52 PM
Survey finds support for restricting Muslim-Americans' freedoms .. The sad and frightening news:

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Shell pulls staff from oil region

Shell pulls staff from oil region 09/24/2004 11:32 PM
The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, withdraws hundreds of workers from oil facilities in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta.

Region lags in online promotion

Region lags in online promotion 04/10/2005 10:41 AM
Jsonline.com - Sun Apr 10, 06:16 am GMT

D.C. Region Job Market Has Look Of a
Boom (washingtonpost.com)

D.C. Region Job Market Has Look Of a
Boom (washingtonpost.com) 05/16/2004 01:57 AM
washingtonpost.com - To find enough new workers for all its building projects, Bozzuto Construction Co. had to hire a headhunter. Consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. is wooing MBA students with fancy dinners and cocktail parties. Pohanka Automotive Group created a new position just to fill all the other vacant jobs.

Thai PM to visit troubled region

Thai PM to visit troubled region 05/05/2004 10:52 PM
Thaksin Shinawatra is to see for himself the Muslim provinces where fighting left more than 100 dead last week.

Philips to Increase Presence in Northern
Region

Philips to Increase Presence in Northern
Region 08/03/2004 01:45 AM
TechTree Aug 3 2004 5:44AM GMT

York Region gives nod to Microsoft's
integration efforts

York Region gives nod to Microsoft's
integration efforts 07/12/2004 07:21 PM
ITBusiness.ca Jul 12 2004 11:19PM GMT

froi || fs-fast region of interest alpha
0.1

froi || fs-fast region of interest alpha
0.1 10/31/2003 08:31 PM
Provides ROI tools for the analysis of fMRI data.

Storm Pounds Appalachian Region With
Rain

Storm Pounds Appalachian Region With
Rain 09/17/2004 12:24 PM
Heavy rain and wind from what was once Hurricane Ivan assaulted the southern Appalachian region Friday, washing away homes and killing at least three people.

At Least 10 Dead as Storm Slams
Appalachian Region

At Least 10 Dead as Storm Slams
Appalachian Region 09/17/2004 05:57 PM
Local authorities in Alabama waited for the tidal surge to recede in order to make basic damage assessments.

Deadly Ivan Slams Appalachian Region
(AP)

Deadly Ivan Slams Appalachian Region
(AP) 09/17/2004 08:14 PM
AP - The violent remains of Hurricane Ivan pounded a large swath of the eastern United States on Friday, drenching an area from Georgia to Ohio, washing out dozens of homes, sweeping cars down roadways and trapping more than 100 students at an elementary school.

Undercurrent: Nation, Region, Webl0g,
Home

Undercurrent: Nation, Region, Webl0g,
Home 12/19/2004 03:14 PM
There are hundreds of political traditions among the 193 sovereign nations of the world. There can be just as many press traditions. Just as every country has its literature, its poetry, its song, every nation has a press that carries the national imprint in some way. Now blogging will do that: it will carry the imprint of nation. What we're curious about is the imprint of "globe."

Brain Region Linked to Metaphor
Comprehension

Brain Region Linked to Metaphor
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Tornadoes Pound Washington Region
(washingtonpost.com)

Tornadoes Pound Washington Region
(washingtonpost.com) 09/17/2004 11:43 PM
washingtonpost.com - What was left of Hurricane Ivan surged into the Washington region late yesterday, creating charcoal gray skies, menacing tornadoes that tore the roofs off several houses and thunderstorms that forecasters say will probably last through this afternoon before heading off the Eastern Seaboard.

Blockbuster prez calls for end to DVD region-coding

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