Here's the thing about region coding. If someone's going to pay more to import a film in order to get it sooner, what are the chances they didn't see it in the theatre already?
What if they just simply don't go to theatre's?
Are they going to pirate it instead?
Region coding has always been silly, if anything it protects local distributors. Given the high cost of importing it doesn't seem all that necessary. I live just a few miles from an area that's heavily populated by Eastern European immigrants, lack of region coding would make their day. Of course, then we might not sell as many Divx supporting DVD players.
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Here's the thing about region coding. If someone's going to pay more to import a film in order to get it sooner, what are the chances they didn't see it in the theatre already?
What if they just simply don't go to theatre's?
Are they going to pirate it instead?
Region coding has always been silly, if anything it protects local distributors. Given the high cost of importing it doesn't seem all that necessary. I live just a few miles from an area that's heavily populated by Eastern European immigrants, lack of region coding would make their day. Of course, then we might not sell as many Divx supporting DVD players.