Microsoft executive says,” Who needs Blu-ray?”

[Jeff Kleist]

But even if you forget that, just look at the obvious, in order to have access we will assume you had to create an account and give them a credit card (I don't think we are talking free service here). The second you login they know what CC you have registered under and since CC has the issuer # and part of that is the BIN, they can, if they want, know in what country you got the card and even wha institution. And since CCs are only issued to residents of the country, that would be a very easy and precise way to know what region you are in. Yes, if this is done if someone from the US is on vacation in Australia then he will have access to US films and not Australian but does that realy matter?

There are actually ways around that. iTunes for examle doesn't allow you to open an account unless you have a valid menthod of payment from that country. Fortunately iTunes gift cards work fine for that purpose, and like the Blues Brothers, so far as they're concerned I live at Tokyo Dome