On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 12:00:47 -0800, DarkMatter
put finger to keyboard
and composed:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 06:17:54 +1100, Franc Zabkar
Gave us:


I agree with the others who decry piracy, but at the same time I'm
enraged at how the various world governments allow the movie industry
to openly flout restrictive trade practices legislation by dividing
the globe into marketing zones with the explicit intention of stifling
competition and manipulating pricing. We all know this is immoral and
illegal, and such practices should be prosecuted.


- Franc Zabkar

You're an idiot.

You're a blind capitalist apologist.

The hierarchy was based on the way movies trickled
into the rest of the world, back in the day. That evolves, surely.
Now, it is just business, and economy in a given region.

It is their product, and it is their right to "price it" at whatever
they want in whatever market they are selling it in.

They have no such rights. In civilised countries such as Australia, we
have legislation to ensure that prices are set by fair competition.
Region coding flies in the face of this principle and offenders should
be prosecuted.

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http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m.../article.jhtml

The ACCC has been granted leave to be heard as a "friend of the court"
in Sony's action in relation to whether modifying PlayStation consoles
with "mod chips" infringes new parts of Australia's Copyright Act
1968.

Fels claims they do not and alleges Sony is seeking to use the Act to
restrict Australian consumers' access to a wider and cheaper range of
games than they can get in Australia.

But a statement issued by Fels on Friday makes it plain more than
computer games is on his mind. He says the ACCC has for some time been
investigating the regional playback control (RPC) technology present
in DVD players and accompanying films - which it maintains means
consumers are forced to pay higher prices for films with fewer
features and a lesser range of titles.

Fels also noted that a recent review by the Intellectual Property and
Competition Review Committee recommended repeal of the parallel
importation restrictions on computer software.
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You do know what a free market is, don't you?

No corporation or cartel should be free to exploit the consumer.


- Franc Zabkar
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