Dear Jessica, You comments struck me as puzzling and worthy of a little discussion... What is wrong with a legitimate PAL copy, besides the fact that the quality is better than NTSC (and the equipment to play PAL tapes on is not much more expensive than NTSC)? And how can you as a distributor responsible, I assume, for looking after the interests and rights of producers whose films you distribute, not make a judgement about "bootleged" - illegal, pirated - copies of important films? Are you saying that maybe its ok to pirate a tape of a European film, unless Kino (or another American company?) is distributing it? There are plenty of companies in England and other countries (HMV, for instance), who will sell legitimate copies of almost any film (including those under discussion here)to anyone with a credit card. IF someone wants the Dekalog, they can buy it (in a nice boxed set, for about $20 or so per tape). Shouldn't you be recommending that people do that, and respect the rights of the producer, the filmmakers (and their estates), and the distributors (like Kino) who have legitamtely aquired distribution rights to particular films, and invested in their promotion, marketing, and distribution? Jonathan Miller First Run / Icarus Films 153 Waverly Place NYC 10014 [log in to unmask] Kino International Corporation wrote: > > Re - Kieslowski and video. As I noted in my last message the LEGAL rights > to Dekalog are still being bid on. Any copies distributed by Pol art would > be bootlegs off of the European PAL copies. I am not making any judgements > on this,because unfortunately bootlegs or legit PAL copies are all that > exist for now > > Jessica Rosner > Kino > > Kino International Corporation > 333 W. 39th St. Suite 503 > New York, NY 10018 > (212)629-6880 > fax: (212)714-0871 > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]