http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Region1 Posts tagged with 'Region1' at MetaFilter. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:08:23 -0800 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:08:23 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/78072/How%2Dto%2DLose%2DDirectors%2Dand%2DAlienate%2DActors Fan of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670408/">Simon Pegg</a>? <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004332/">Robert Weide</a>? Then<a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=213643855&blogID=461147052"> DON'T</a> buy the DVD of <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455538/">How to Lose Friends &amp; Alienate People</a></em> (at least if you are American) See also <a href="http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/noflix_23_great_movies_not">23 great movies not available on region-1 DVD</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78072 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:08:23 -0800 DVD film HowtoLoseFriendsAlienatePeople Region1 RobertWeide SimonPegg fearfulsymmetry http://www.metafilter.com/8983/ <a href="http://www.amazon.com">Amazon</a> is essentially going against the will of the MPAA by <a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/rce.html">offering</a> (followed the link from the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005J760/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Thirteen Days</a> dvd) information regarding a work around to RCE (which prevents Region 1 dvd's from being played on region free dvd players). It's funny how the MPAA has <a href="http://www.eff.org/Intellectual_property/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/20000114_ny_mpaa_pi_memo.html">taken</a> <a href="http://www.2600.com">2600</a> to court because they posted links to DeCSS but they haven't made any moves against Amazon. CSS isn't protection against copying, it's really just used to <a href="http://www.digital-digest.com/nickyguides/piracy-info.htm">prevent</a> people from importing dvd's. tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.8983 Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:47:53 -0800 Amazon DVDs MPAA Region1 regionfree regions dave