Blockbuster Inc. president and chief operating officer Nigel Travis on Thursday called for an end to regional coding on DVDs, saying they merely create more opportunities for piracy. "I believe, in addition to the elimination of two-tier pricing, the studios should also make another significant strike against piracy with the elimination of regional coding," he said. "The extra time on windows created by regional coding is an opportunity that pirates exploit." Travis, the keynote speaker at the annual two-day Perspectives in European Video conference taking place here, cited "Finding Nemo," which was released on video and DVD in the United States on Nov. 4 but will not be available in the United Kingdom until March 18. "That is a five-month gap and an obvious case where people are going to take advantage," Travis said. Likewise, "Seabiscuit," he said, would be out in the United States on Dec. 16, but would not be released "in the country next door to the U.S. -- in Mexico -- until February and in the U.K. until May 17. Pirates can drive a cart and horses through these holes in the release schedule, and the loss in revenue hurts us all -- studios, distribution, retailers and, most of all, consumers, who are probably totally confused and frustrated." Source: The Hollywood Reporter