DeCSS, crypto, law, and economics

[bear]

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, alan wrote:


> Not to mention the two seasons of Futurama that are only available
> on Region 2 PAL DVDs.  (Or the other movies and TV shows not allowed
> by your corporate masters.)  "They Live" is another film only
> available from Region 2.  Maybe it tells too much about the movie
> industry...

This makes an interesting point.  While the argument that market
segmenting may increase the ability to provide material in all
markets, the fact is that given region coding, the producers of
this stuff *DON'T* provide the material in all markets.

If their argument, that the increased market size available with
region coding enables economies of scale, were actually the driving
force behind region coding, there should be no such thing as content
available in one region that is unavailable in another.

Thus their actions betray that they have a different motive. Therefore
the public skepticism regarding the truth of their assertions about
their motivations seems fairly solidly grounded on fact.

			Bear

( who likes a fair amount of stuff that is only available
  coded for region 6 ).






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