I don't think it's a legal issue. It's an issue of how the industry has decided to market to us. Please read my other posts on the subject as well.
>think about it for a second, if >region free players or cross regioned >players were available legally >anywhere, the entire region coding >system would make no sense to >designa and implement! The vast majority of the DVD-watching/buying public have no clue that region codes even exist. A certain percentage of them still refer to a DVD as a CD. They have no interest in out-of-region DVD's and are not aware of their existence, so the region-code enforcement works, de facto, without the need for a law. If it's not a law, it can't be illegal. I'll believe it's illegal when you provide proof that a law exists instead of just supposing one does. Tom C. >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip >thatcanplayPALsystemDVD's >Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:34:26 -0400 > >yes, but it was probably not legal. > > >The reason 999.999% of the DVDs >sold in USA are region 1 coded is >because only those players are >legal in americe. >These cross code or no code players are not available >in the usa NOT for demand reasons, >its a LEGAL issue to be selling them >in the USA. > >It might be a liscesing >issue ( anyone making DVD players >has to acquire the DVD licensing >rights which may require them to >agree to not sell region defeating >players or sell players with cross >regioning.) > >think about it for a second, if >region free players or cross regioned >players were available legally >anywhere, the entire region coding >system would make no sense to >designa and implement! > >The whole point >of it is that movie releases can have >controlled release timing in the various >regions based on when the content >provider wants to release it in the >various regions of the world. This is >necessary because sometimes the theatrical >release of a film is staggered regionally and hence >the DVD release needs to be staggered regionally >or the "global" DVD would be coming out at same time >or earlier than the theatrical release in >some parts of the world OR the entire >world would have to wait for the the global >theatrical run to finish before a "global" >DVD was released..... > >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Tom C >Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:43 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that >canplayPALsystemDVD's > > >Because they don't sell non-region 1 DVD players at retail outlets in a >country where 999,999,999 DVD's out of every 1,000,000,000 DVD's sold >are >region 1, does not make it illegal. In fact it makes perfect sense. > >My, now defunct, region-free PAL/NTSC DVD player, was purchased from and > >shipped from a Canadian business address, which last time I looked, was >in >North America. > > >Tom C. > > > >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > >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 > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > >Norm Baugher > >Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:08 PM > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL > >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. 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