Because the advertising and distribution cost for having an American version of the dvd may not seem like a worthwhile investment to the non-advertsing state run institution of the BBC.
Its the same with many BBC dvds. They have high quality material, released on dvds with region 2 encoding, and they probably realize that not enough americans will buy them to make a profit.
To tell you the truth, im happier in a "saner" country: England. yeah, you can buy more stuff in the US, and own more property, and reach closer to the greedy potentials that people like Microsoft and RIAA want us to be, but thats not for me.
And the level of policing in the US is plainly fascist. maybe in socialist europe the police do interfere more, but i never see them. the US' concerns with clamping down on our freedoms is so prevalent that we have begun to ignore it, and that is one of the few things that i thank Jon for pointing out to us.
(Case in point: the united states institutional prejudice against "youngsters" allows for drug related "mandatory minimums" and a general feeling of dislike against anyone under 25)
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Because the advertising and distribution cost for having an American version of the dvd may not seem like a worthwhile investment to the non-advertsing state run institution of the BBC.
Its the same with many BBC dvds. They have high quality material, released on dvds with region 2 encoding, and they probably realize that not enough americans will buy them to make a profit.
To tell you the truth, im happier in a "saner" country: England. yeah, you can buy more stuff in the US, and own more property, and reach closer to the greedy potentials that people like Microsoft and RIAA want us to be, but thats not for me.
And the level of policing in the US is plainly fascist. maybe in socialist europe the police do interfere more, but i never see them. the US' concerns with clamping down on our freedoms is so prevalent that we have begun to ignore it, and that is one of the few things that i thank Jon for pointing out to us.
(Case in point: the united states institutional prejudice against "youngsters" allows for drug related "mandatory minimums" and a general feeling of dislike against anyone under 25)