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Blockbuster Chief: End DVD Region Codes
Xesdeeni writes "Blockbuster's President/COO Nigel Travis has called for the elimination of the DVD region code. At issue is the situation when a movie is released in one country several months before it is released in another. He points out that pirates 'can drive a cart and horses through these holes in the release schedule.'"
I believe I saw one down in Saddam's "spider hole". Word is Saddam is all about golden showers and the like, but only in the U.S. format.
There's a detailed diagram illustrating the flow of pirate goods from Asia into other parts of the world in swedish news archive liu.
It says exactly the same thing Nigel pointed out. Too big gaps between releases promotes piratism.
Oh my God. Are you actually implying that Blockbuster loses money as a result of piracy? And you got modded +5, Insightful on slashdot? Congratulations! You are the winner!
Because as all slashbots know, piracy doesn't cost the industry any losses!
Granted the piracy is sort of indirectly cause by region coding. But it is still piracy.
OMG YOU ARE ON TEH SPOKE!!!!1oneone11!
Also ditch the crazy attempts at copy protection. I rented Legaly Blonde 2. The FBI warning got stuck in an endless loop on both a standalone DVD player (Classic brand) and a computer.
Wow. That's amazing. I liken this statement to admitting, on slashdot, in front of millions of readers, that I'm a huge fan of Brittney Spears, I can't wait for the new N*Sync album, and goatse.cx just makes me fantasize about Justin Timberlake...
While you're at it why don't you just tell us about your carebear sheets and get it over with?
I am disrespectful to dirt! Can you see that I am serious?!