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"en.20010904.9.2-193"2
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". – As a direct result of complaints from private citizens, the Commission launched an investigation on DVD pricing and on the DVD regional coding system in June 2001. The citizens' complaints related to the fact that DVD prices were significantly higher in the Community than in the United States and that, because of the DVD regional coding system under which the world is divided into six geographic regions, a DVD obtained from the US could not be played on a DVD player sold in the Community.
The position of the major film production companies is that the basic purpose of such a regional coding system is to allow them to protect their copyrighted intellectual property and the traditional pattern of releasing their films at different times in different parts of the world, as well as to protect against piracy.
The Commission shares the honourable Member's concerns that the Community's consumers may suffer as a result of the DVD regional coding system. It prevents them from benefiting from a broader choice of DVD titles and potentially cheaper prices. The Commission is therefore investigating whether the DVD regional coding system is compatible with Community competition rules. In this context all aspects relating to the establishment and the ongoing operation of the system are being examined. Having sent requests for information to all companies concerned by the system, the Commission is currently reviewing the first batch of material."@en1
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