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Comment Re:Answer is totally obvious - content providers (Score 1) 490

Note that you do NOT purchase the movie on the disk, you purchase the physical media and a license to view the disk in any manner the studio decides as terms of the license.

http://www.avvo.com/legal-answ...

The first few support my stance, and the last two do not seem to, however I think they're wrong in that renting out a movie does not constitute 'disposal' of the DVD. BTW IANAL, YMMV.

Comment 'Magic Number' could be a valid Credit Card Number (Score 1) 150

FWIW, the magic number '5449610000583686' mentioned in the article passes the Luhn Algorithm, and is therefore valid as a credit card number. The BIN indicates the card was/would be issued by the following bank, transcribed from this site:

Bin: 544961
Card Brand: MASTERCARD
Issuing Bank: HSBC BANK (PANAMA) S.A.
Card Type: CREDIT
Card Level: PLATINUM
Iso Country Name: PANAMA
Iso Country A2: PA
Iso Country A3: PAN
Iso Country Number: 591

Comment The magic number is a 'valid' CC number (Score 1) 1

FWIW, the magic number '5449610000583686' mentioned in the article passes the Luhn Algorithm, and is therefore valid as a credit card number. The BIN indicates the card was/would be issued by the following bank, transcribed from this site:

Bin: 544961
Card Brand: MASTERCARD
Issuing Bank: HSBC BANK (PANAMA) S.A.
Card Type: CREDIT
Card Level: PLATINUM
Iso Country Name: PANAMA
Iso Country A2: PA
Iso Country A3: PAN
Iso Country Number: 591

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