What is the policy befind multiple subtitles on movies?

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Originally Posted by Anglik

Ok would agree with the statement..but looking at WB new LOTR EE Blu-ray, they have decided to include Polish subs with Tai, for the Hong Kong release, but the German edition contains no Polish subs..

Maybe I've just lost my faith in human kindness, but...

I believe this is done on purpose to prevent parallell importing from a neighbouring country.

Disney does the same thing with their animated movies here in Norway. The swedish release is much cheaper, but they don't put the norwegian dub on there so we're forced to buy a dearer version domestically.

If I didn't know any better I'd swear these companies were out to make money!