On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:58:06 GMT, Drsolly said: > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Florian Weimer wrote: > > > * Drsolly: > > > > > The purpose of the different "regions" on DVD, is to stop people buying a > > > DVD where it's cheapest, and get them to buy the higher-priced (but > > > identical) version instead. People who buy the cheaper version and import > > > it, are called "Grey-marketers", an epithet that sounds like they're > > > doing > > > something naughty, which they aren't. > > > > Importing copyrighted material into the EU for business purposes is > > illegal unless you've got permission from the copyright owner. 8-( > > Copyright law usually allows for geographic restrictions on > > distribution, for precisely the reason you mentioned. > > I hadn't known that
I'm pretty sure that the US laws say something similar - it's what they use to bust people who import counterfeit CD/handbags/etc...
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