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Posted by Cesare Cioni on 10/23/05 07:43
<simon.kempster@talk21.com> wrote:
> The only reason that region coding exists in the first place is because
> of the movie studios insistence on it. Who would bother going to the
> cinema to see a film when you could already buy it on DVD? Staggered
> release dates mean they don't have to print so many copies of a film,
> and they can get the stars to various places to promote the film before
> it comes out.
Not true. They also region-code movies like 2Ben Hur", "Gonre with the
Wind" or "Laura".
It's about pricing. Look at the "Fox Studio" collection: in Europe we
get less extras at a higher price...
Cesare
--
Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then, I contradict myself;
(I am large-I contain multitudes.)
-- Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass"
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