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Australia Rules DVD's are Films, Not Software

Posted by michael on from the one-small-step-for-oz dept.

divereigh writes: "The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that an Australian Federal court has decided this case in favour of the Australian Video Rental Association. The Association had taken Warner Home Video to court for trying to classify DVD's as software and thus double the price for those sold into the rental market."

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  1. Further Reading by Metrollica · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can be found here. It is dating back to Novemeber 05, 2001.

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  2. I'm glad all americans are not like this. by ColaMan · · Score: 5, Informative

    uh, australia? what the fook does that have to do with the United States?

    Speaking as an Australian, I hold some hope your painfully US-centric attitude can be rectified.

    Last time I checked , we were using something loosely defined as the World-Wide-Web , not the United-States-Web, so I think it is entirely relevant, as one day a reference to this particular decision could help you.

    Your comment portrays a bad image of the U.S. to the rest of the world. Wake up. The sun does not shine out of the US's collective posterior.

    Don't make me have to come over there and kick your ass to prove it :-)

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  3. Re:Not a fair classification. by cascino · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Broadcast Quality" is a meaningless term. [...] for broadcast, dvd is better than anything you'll see on TV.
    The FCC requires all on-air programming to conform to a strict definition of "broadcast quality", one which has absolutely nothing to do with the downstream picture you see on TV, cable, satellite, etc. This definition involves a series of quantifications (luminance s/n ratio, chroma s/n, resolution, differential gain, differential phase, subcarrier color framing, RS-170A sync, comb filtered inputs, subcarrier frequency drift, multiburst response or bandwidth) that are best highlighted when viewed under a vectorscope or a wavescope.
    No, DVD's are not "broadcast quality."