Lock and pay
DVD lock and pay allows content to be added to a DVD which the user cannot view without obtaining a PIN to unlock it. A magazine covermount DVD might, for example, offer a free film and one or more for which users have to pay, turning the DVD from a cost to a source of revenue.
PINs can be obtained by telephone, SMS or over the internet. They can be paid for, or given free in exchange for some information - to allow a marketing database to be built, for example - or a combination of the two.
Once the user has obtained a PIN, they simply enter it on their remote control to access the locked content. The PIN will allow them permanent access to that piece of locked content alone.
There are a number of alternate possibilities, such as a "challenge-response" system which requires a different PIN for each viewing, thus creating a "pay-per-view" disc, and offering PINs at different price points which unlock either a single scene or the whole disc, depending on how much the user's paid.
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