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Subject: Re: BtVS: UK or US DVDs?
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:

> Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> writes:
>> I would suggest "neither". However, of course, it's technically illegal for
>> you to buy DVDs licensed for a region in which you do not reside.
> 
> Only in the MPAA's wet dreams.  In fact, the region coding system
> itself is probably illegal in most western countries.
> 

It certainly is in New Zealand.

http://web.archive.org/web/20000303075444/www.opendvd.org/regioncode.html
(Section headed "Market differentiation")

Mark

> DES