--- Forwarded Message from "Michael Bush" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Michael Bush" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: RE: #5428.2 Popular DVD movies are only French and Spanish (!) >Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 22:59:35 -0700 >In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> >Importance: Normal ------------------ Cindy Tracy wrote: > I assumed that since DVDs are coded for different > regions it has to do with the video conversion to DVD format. I am not exactly sure what you mean, whether you are talking about technical or marketing issues. It seems you are referring to the rights to distribute video in various regions. A distributor who buys rights for one region wants to know that people will not be able to buy the materials they have licensed in other regions, so to protect them, the seller of rights insists that the region code be set appropriately. In other words, the regionalization issue is a marketing decision, not a technical one Cheers, Mike Michael Bush Associate Professor of French and Instructional Psychology and Technology [log in to unmask] http://moliere.byu.edu/digital/