"..What are the practical steps that are already made to fight RPC2 protection ? There exist a lot of hacks of RPC2 protection for both software DVD players (WinDVD, PowerDVD, Cinemaster) and hardware. There exists the possibility to cancel RPC2 protection for certain models of DVD drives by re-programming their firmware with special utilities. There also exists region-free RPC2 firmware hacked by some very advanced hackers.."