I'm sorry, didn't you say it was illegal to own a DVD player that was outside your region....hmmm. Norm
J. C. O'Connell wrote: > cant you read english? I qualified it with "commercially" > > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Norm Baugher > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:43 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD > equipthatcanplayPALsystemDVD's > > > I can put one together in my garage and sell it to my fucking neighbor - > > what violation of the law am I committing and what agreements am I > breaking? Norm (Hell is the impossibility of reason...) > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> 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
