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Post #48,636
by static
8/7/02 11:10:01 PM
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New The ruling was not directly on DVDs.
I haven't been in the aus.dvd newsgroup for a while, but I suspect the ACCC might be looking for a way to apply it to DVD region coding. A court ruling would be best, but that would require a court case. So I bet the local publishers and distributors are trying to think up ways to not attract the ACCC's attention over this in court.

Then too, there have been rumours for many many months that the ACCC is thinking about investigating the movie houses over the region coding, with the intention of citing it as a Restriction of Trade and thus illegal under our Trade Practices Act. It would be interesting to see the ACCC effectively take on Hollywood...

Wade.

"Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #48,699
by Ashton
8/8/02 4:12:13 PM
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New More interesting: *anyone* take on RIAA head-to-head, like
a coop of artists intending to market their own material: one-at-a time mavericks will be swatted like flies. Unorganized: NOTHING gets done.

Ah But.. that might sound too much like a Union..

Never mind.


Ashton
     Region coding of console games now illegal in Au. :-) - (static) - (14) - Aug. 6, 2002, 12:00:56 AM EDT
         Sweet! - (tuberculosis) - (10) - Aug. 7, 2002, 04:22:46 AM EDT
             Try doing some research - (tonytib) - (9) - Aug. 7, 2002, 04:45:55 PM EDT
                 Big scam - (orion) - (6) - Aug. 7, 2002, 10:30:50 PM EDT
                     And how, yeah - but not THAT way! - (CRConrad) - (5) - Aug. 8, 2002, 10:06:27 AM EDT
                         Corrections - (orion) - (4) - Aug. 8, 2002, 11:04:13 AM EDT
                             I think the difference is... - (CRConrad) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2002, 11:19:36 AM EDT
                                 DVDs in Thailand - (orion) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2002, 11:27:23 AM EDT
                                     Prices of DVDs - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2002, 06:21:05 PM EDT
                                         DVD Pricing - (orion) - Aug. 9, 2002, 07:01:14 PM EDT
                 The ruling was not directly on DVDs. - (static) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2002, 11:10:01 PM EDT
                     More interesting: *anyone* take on RIAA head-to-head, like - (Ashton) - Aug. 8, 2002, 04:12:13 PM EDT
         Postscript: the MPAA is not impressed. - (static) - (2) - Aug. 10, 2002, 03:55:39 AM EDT
             Old tactic for multinationals - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Aug. 12, 2002, 06:42:54 AM EDT
                 It will be interesting to see them try. - (static) - Aug. 12, 2002, 07:11:59 AM EDT

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