Monday 14 March 2005

Region Coding = Bad Thing

Here's a thought about DVD region coding: audio CDs are not region-coded and everything is well in their world. DVDs are region coded and consumers complain. DVD player manufacturers produce region-free players. People buy them. People demand non-region-coded players.

In other words, consumers don't want region coding in this age of a global economy. They are used to the internet which allows them to request and receive content on their own time from anywhere in the world. When you force a break in that model, people get upset.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - Information wants to be free, as in free speech.
PPS - Pirates argue for "free, as in free beer".

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