It's not about piracy, it's so they can segment the market and charge different ...

It's not about piracy, it's so they can segment the market and charge different amounts in rich and poor countries based on region-locked media.

Otherwise first sale doctrine would allow people to sell mountains of imported cheap discs from poor countries in the USA legally.

It's to protect the margins in places where $5 isn't much money. Vastly more units are sold in places where $5 is a lot.

MaxBarraclough on Jan 18, 2022 [–]

UHD Blu-Ray doesn't have region-locking.