Tom Piwowar wrote:
Why would it be illegal?
Because the DVD is locked to work only in a certain region. To ignore the
lock violates the DMCA. Hence is criminal.
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With a caveat about checking your state laws the site below claims it is
legal
http://www.dvdbuyingguide.com/codefreedvd/tip8.html to purchase/own a
region free dvd player. Amazon also sells region free dvd players (as
well as those that can be unlocked). I would assume the law is the same
for players like vlc and mplayer. And to the contrary this wikipedia
entry even cites the region free restriction as a possible WTO violation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code#Legal_concerns
But if anyone actually knows the law that would be worth more than my 2
cents.
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