Is It Legal to Bypass the Codes?
Since DVD region coding also known as "zone locking" exists merely for
marketing purposes, and has nothing to do with copyright or copy protection,
most people compare "breaking the codes" to reading a German book in
Australia, Britain, the US or another English-speaking country. If you
legally obtained either the book or the DVD, it shouldn't matter where you
read it or view it. We're not talking about making commercial copies,
defeating copy guards or anything else for distribution purposes that would
violate copyright laws. We just want to watch a video that we legally
obtained in the first place. But it is important to point out that no court
decision has established either that region coding might be an illegal
"restraint of trade" or that it may be legal to defeat the region DVD player
codes.
Note: Changing the code setting on a DVD-ROM drive is not only possible, but
also perfectly legal.
from http://www.firebird-systems.com/rev/region-free-overview.shtml
Tom C.
From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that
canplayPAL systemDVD's
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:29:44 -0400
It is illegal to buy, sell or own non-region 1 DVD players
in or to north america from everything I have ever heard.
Ever wonder why you cant just go buy one at Circuit Shitty?
jco
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Norm Baugher
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systemDVD's
Illegal? How? I can do anything I want to my frickin' DVD player. Some
Hollywood prick going to show up at my door and tell me I can't play the
DVD's I bought in Europe?
Norm
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> Those are out there but they are illegal.
> jco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norm Baugher
>
> Well, thanks to the internet, I have a region code freebDVD player -
> looked up the hack to get rid of the region code lock.
> Norm
>
> graywolf wrote:
>
>> Not only that, Ann, even if a DVD is the right type it may not work.
>> If
>> a DVD is coded for a region your player is not, it will not play. The
>> DVD needs to be coded for North American distribution, unless you
>>
> bought
>
>> a DVD player with some other region coded in it as may happen if you
>> ordered it from somewhere else. Buying things on the internet can be
>>
> fun.
>
>>
>>
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