Actually it's a standards issue, not exactly a legal issue. I suppose that a retailer selling an unauthorized edition of a DVD in a region for another might be in trouble with their distributor. I don't think that they can go to prison for it. Contract law not Criminal law applies.
Tom C wrote: > 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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