Guardian Unlimited Film | News | Spielberg loses out at the push of a button
> The problem, it appears, was partly down to teething troubles with the limited edition DVD players issued last year to Bafta members. Developed by Cinea, a subsidiary of Dolby, the players permit their owners to view encrypted DVD “screeners”, but prevent the creation of pirate copies. Munich screeners were encoded for region one, which allows them to be played in the US and Canada, rather than region two, which incorporates most of Europe.
Even though they have custom made DVD players and encrypted DVDs, we still get DVDSCR releases as soon as they send out these BAFTA previews. Give up, MPAA & RIAA!
