Locked Out by Evan Elkins - 9781479830572

Locked OutRegional Restrictions in Digital Entertainment Culture\nAuthor(s): Evan Elkins\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479830572, 978-1479830572\nSynopsis\nA rare insight into how industry practices like regional restrictions have shaped global media culture in the digital era\n\""This content is not available in your country.\"" At some point, most media consumers around the world have run into a message like this. Whether trying to watch a DVD purchased during a vacation abroad, play an imported Japanese video game, or listen to a Spotify library while traveling, we are constantly reminded of geography's imprint on digital culture. We are locked out. \n Despite utopian hopes of a borderless digital society, DVDs, video games, and streaming platforms include digital rights management mechanisms that block media access within certain territories. These technologies of \""regional lockout\"" are mea.