[FYI] French ban on American DVDs

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,20-53278,00.html

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 19 2000  

French ban on American DVDs  

FROM ADAM SAGE IN PARIS  

FRENCH authorities have made another attempt to roll back the tide of 
cultural globalisation by banning Digital Video Discs (DVDs) imported 
from North America.   

Specialists say that the Government is facing certain defeat, with 
fans able to order DVDs of American films via the Internet.   

Catherine Tasca, the Culture Minister, has signed a decree making it 
illegal to import and sell DVDs from the USA or Canada for the six-
month period that precedes their release on the French cinema 
circuit. Supporters of the ban say it will protect French movie 
houses threatened by the rising number of film-lovers who stay at 
home to watch the high quality recordings.   

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