The trouble with DRM...

...is when the law of unintended consequences gets wind of it.

On a recent visit to Barack Obama, the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, was presented with a lovely set of DVDs of Classic American films (or movies if you like).

What a wonderful, thoughtful gift.

Whe problem was of course that when Gordon Brown returned to the UK and stuck those nice Region 1 DVDs in his nice Region 4 DVD Player - they wouldn't work! So a waste all round. More at The Enquirer