Hi Amy,
At the first DMCA rulemaking in 2000, there was a proposal that users
should be able to convert non-US DVDs to US formats. The Registrar of
Copyrights and Librarian of Congress at that time denied the request for
this exemption, writing:
The region coding also seems to result in
Hello Amy,
We make sure the instructor understands that the DVD is a non-region 1
(and sometimes PAL) DVD, and that they / their students will require
specialized equipment to play it. We do have multi-region DVD and
Blu-ray players in our viewing carrels, so users can view them on-site
Hi All,
How do you handle situations when a professor wants a foreign language film
that is only available in a non-US region format?
Do you purchase the item and warn the professor of how the item will likely not
play on standard players, but that it would be possible to play on a computer
] DVD Region Problems
Hi All,
How do you handle situations when a professor wants a foreign language film
that is only available in a non-US region format?
Do you purchase the item and warn the professor of how the item will likely not
play on standard players, but that it would be possible
Hi All,
How do you handle situations when a professor wants a foreign language film
that is only available in a non-US region format?
Do you purchase the item and warn the professor of how the item will likely not
play on standard players, but that it would be possible to play on a computer
