regional lockout

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Coined by the video game community and opponents of the lockout practice. The practice originated with and was devised by the video game industry and was later adopted by the film industry with the advent of DVDs.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese: 地方停工 (defang ting-gong) — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Dutch: regionale uitsluiting — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• French: verrouillage régional — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• French: codage régional — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• German: regionale Aussperrung — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Greek: περιφερειακή ανταπεργία (perifereiakí antapergía) — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Italian: bloccaggio regionale — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Italian: codifica regionale — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Japanese: 地方閉鎖 (chihōheisa) — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Korean: 지역 차단 (jiyeok chadan) — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Polish: blokada regionalna — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Russian: регионарное замыка́ние (regionarnoje zamykánije) — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Russian: регионарное зашифрование (regionarnoje zašifrovanije) — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Spanish: cierre regional — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
• Spanish: codificación regional — prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device