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Posted by gerry on 09/24/06 04:18
If a release date for the region 2 DVD was announced, that implies that
Network had all the clearances it needed for a UK release of the 12
hour series. Since the series is already on laserdiscs, a cheap, fast
way to make the DVDs would be to port the LD image to a digital
recorder, insert chapters and create a menu, then stamp out DVDs.
Geoge Lucas did that with the Star Wars DVDs he just released. There
must be another complication to the release delay, a rights issue that
may not involve the clip copyrights of the old films. Maybe the lawyer
for David Gill's heirs is asking for more money for DVD rights, or
something else out of left field. It is unusual for a DVD with a
release date to be pulled off the market a few months before its
release date.
Fred wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:39:43 -0400, Steve
> <jazzhunter@atcollectorAGAIN.org> wrote:
>
> >You didn't read my previous, original comment, that it WAS going to be
> >the original master. I was playing Devils Advocate to Gerry's remarks.
>
> OK, sorry. :-)
>
> >Actually I think the DVD will sell very well considering the current
> >interest in pre-talkies and the many discoveries of previously lost
> >films.
>
> Well, it'll sell very well to its tiny niche market. It won't be but
> a little blip on the radar compared to a regular (i.e. current)
> release. Believe me, I wish it were otherwise, but it's not.
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