NOPE, I am pretty sure if you want to commercially sell DVD players you have to get a licensing agreement. Ever see that little "DVD" logo? Guess what that means.. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norm Baugher Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:04 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equipthatcanplayPALsystemDVD's If I make a DVD player, I don't have to agree to shit. I can sell it to whoever the hell I want to. Norm (who believes some people slept in and missed the day they taught logic) J. C. O'Connell wrote: > I disagree because there are DVD hardware > and software licensing issues and these > region codings issues are part of those > licensing AGREEMENTS. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Mark Roberts > > 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. >> > > This is true. The movie industry has convinced the makers of DVD > players to cooperate with the "region" scheme (for the most part), and > likewise the major retailers, because they need each other to a large > extent. > > The convergent interests of these organizations make it beneficial for > them to follow the region code scheme. > > Smaller businesses like world-import.com are willing to forego the > cooperation of the movie industry so they're free to sell multi-region > players. > > The law doesn't enter into it. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
