Purpose Of Region?

[Mr.Swagga]

I would like to start out if this is a double post somewhere I couldn't find it. I looked. But if it is didn't mean to.

What is the purpose of regioning movies?

 

[WiiDSmoker]

so they can monitor sales in different regions would be my guess.

Plus PAL people are just weird

 

[MrDubbs]

• Allows items to be released at different dates in different regions. This is most advantageous in the case of movies, where the costs of localizing and promoting a film make it prohibitively expensive to release in more than one part of the world at a time. Regional lockout theoretically prevents consumers from obtaining the item "ahead of time" by buying the item from a foreign exporter. (For example, buying the DVD of the latest foreign hit movie before the movie has even reached local cinema screens.)
• Allows price differentiation between markets (localisation), thus increasing the potential revenue from worldwide sales and/or making products affordable in markets not tolerating the prices of other regions.
• Allows the correct upstream copyright owner to receive royalties for each copy, where copyright terms or exclusive licensees differ between countries, notably as in the case of Peter Pan.
• When distribution contracts for each area are awarded to different companies, it allows a company to avoid "stepping on someone else's toes". See Market division.

 

[Mr.Swagga]

So it goes by countries?- Looked up a map nvm this question

So people in Region 1 can't view Region 2 DVDs?

 

[MrDubbs]

[quote name='Mr.Swagga']So it goes by countries?- Looked up a map nvm this question

So people in Region 1 can't view Region 2 DVDs?[/quote]

They're are region free DVD players out there, but most are region locked to the specific region that they're being sold in

 

[Mr.Swagga]

[quote name='MrDubbs']They're are region free DVD players out there, but most are region locked to the specific region that they're being sold in[/quote]

Thanks for the help.

 

[soonersfan60]

You can also add the fact that companies can sell the rights multiple times (with different arrangements/targets/royalties), and get them into more capable "local" hands. Few companies are equally strong in sales for all regions.

 

[cagfansub]

But, nowadays, all the Regions protection are useless because there are abundant of Region Free players out there now esp. those outside US, most DVD players resellers sell them REGION free regardless.