Re: FW: Globalization DVD/E-texts
- From: Gilles Poitras <gilles@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: FW: Globalization DVD/E-texts
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:05:35 -0800
At 12:13am -0800 3/29/01, Elder @[redacted] CedarSky.com wrote:
>The real problem here is the stiff approach to "import" that the United
>States has again adopted with respect to DVD copyright protection. Let me
>explain; it is currently illegal in the United States to own a DVD device
>that reads region 1(US) AND region 2(The rest of the world) DVDs.
Actually region 2 is Japan and Europe, there are something like 5 DVD regions.
I easily bought a regionless player in San Francisco last summer. I needed
it for video captures for my 2nd book for several titles I had obtained
permissions to copy from that were not available in the US.
But then I am active in anime (Japanese animation) circles where such
players are common.
Gilles Poitras gilles@[redacted]
Learning Studio, Exploratorium Museum