regional lockout

Etymology
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.

Noun

 * 1)  The programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.

Translations

 * Chinese: 地方停工
 * Dutch: regionale uitsluiting
 * French: verrouillage régional, codage régional
 * German: regionale Aussperrung
 * Greek: περιφερειακή ανταπεργία
 * Italian: bloccaggio regionale, codifica regionale
 * Japanese: 地方閉鎖
 * Korean: 지역 차단
 * Russian: регионарное замыка́ние, регионарное зашифрование
 * Spanish: cierre regional, codificación regional