Whats the deal with BladeRunner on DVD?

[Ext User(David Z)]

Anyone know what the story is with this DVD? It's obviously not available
in Australia, but even in the US the DVD is becoming harder to find. Amazon
is one of the few sites that still list it, and they state:

"We regret that this DVD is under certain restrictions that prohibit sales
to customers who live outside the North American continent. If you do not
live in the United States or Canada, we will not be able to ship you this
DVD. Thank you for understanding. "

What kind of restrictions would prohibit a DVD from being sold outside of
the US?! I've never heard of that before.

[Ext User(grumpy@mailinator.com)]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:01:09 GMT, "David Z" <dave@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone know what the story is with this DVD? It's obviously not available
> in Australia, but even in the US the DVD is becoming harder to find. Amazon
> is one of the few sites that still list it, and they state:

The deal is the same as it was the other day.

[Ext User(Netmask)]

go to
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0790729628/102-4013905-5750552?v=glance&n=130

No restriction mentioned at Amazon


"David Z" <dave@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9xBof.17574$V7.13447@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Anyone know what the story is with this DVD? It's obviously not available
> in Australia, but even in the US the DVD is becoming harder to find.
> Amazon is one of the few sites that still list it, and they state:
>
> "We regret that this DVD is under certain restrictions that prohibit sales
> to customers who live outside the North American continent. If you do not
> live in the United States or Canada, we will not be able to ship you this
> DVD. Thank you for understanding. "
>
> What kind of restrictions would prohibit a DVD from being sold outside of
> the US?! I've never heard of that before.
>

[Ext User(zog)]

Netmask wrote:
> go to
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0790729628/102-4013905-5750552?v=glance&n=130
>
> No restriction mentioned at Amazon
>
>

scroll down the page

[Ext User(Netmask)]

Well I don't understand that at all as I imported it from Amazon to Sydney
Australia 3 months ago. Maybe the Americans think we have joined the Union!
After seeing the ABC spoof program CNNN where some genuine Americans were
interviewed about bombing Iraq and were shown a fake map of the World with
Australia re-labelled Iraq they all agreed it was a good idea... very funny
episode


"zog" <zog@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Netmask wrote:
>> go to
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0790729628/102-4013905-5750552?v=glance&n=130
>>
>> No restriction mentioned at Amazon
>>
>>
>
> scroll down the page

[Ext User(zog)]

Netmask wrote:
> Well I don't understand that at all as I imported it from Amazon to Sydney
> Australia 3 months ago. Maybe the Americans think we have joined the Union!
> After seeing the ABC spoof program CNNN where some genuine Americans were
> interviewed about bombing Iraq and were shown a fake map of the World with
> Australia re-labelled Iraq they all agreed it was a good idea... very funny
> episode

who knows what the reason is, I googled for an answer and amazon are not
the only ones putting that statment up about Blade Runner dvds

I know they are having copyright problems with making the new Blade
Runner dvd box set, is this part of it?

[Ext User(Bob Byrne)]

zog wrote:
> ...
> I know they are having copyright problems with making the new Blade
> Runner dvd box set, is this part of it?

Box Set?
It's a movie not a series, why a box set?

--
Regards Bob

[Ext User(Ian Galbraith)]

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:55:08 +1100, Bob Byrne wrote:

> zog wrote:
>> ...
>> I know they are having copyright problems with making the new Blade
>> Runner dvd box set, is this part of it?

> Box Set?
> It's a movie not a series, why a box set?

3 versions of the film, the 2 existing versions and a directors cut from
Ridley Scott.

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You Can't Stop The Signal

[Ext User(MJT)]

David said....

> "We regret that this DVD is under certain restrictions that prohibit
> sales to customers who live outside the North American continent. If you
> do not live in the United States or Canada, we will not be able to ship
> you this DVD. Thank you for understanding. "
>
> What kind of restrictions would prohibit a DVD from being sold outside
> of the US?! I've never heard of that before.

Obviously you don't understand, and therefore Amazon's apology is
somewhat hollow.

:-)

It's a pity that they don't list these "certain restrictions". It's like
when a company or organisation doesn't allow certain things and cite
some abstract and vague comment like "due to safety reasons", when they
don't list those reasons. Government departments are notorious for this
- citing vague reasons but don't detail them.


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