"All DVD Players shipped in the USA must be set to Region 1. It is not legal for the manufacturer to provide information or any other means of changing the region code to allow the playback of DVD's from other regions."
are you really trying to say that you think the above statement doesnt say or mean that its not legal to ship anything other than region 1 DVD players that are not changeable by the user to the USA? (shipped "in" is vague, it probably means shipped "to") I never said you cant modify a player yourself, I said my continued contention was that I didnt believe that it was legal to **sell** non region 1 DVD players in the USA and thats exactly what the above statement is saying the way it reads. like I said above the reason why circuit city and best buy and the like dont sell these is most likely because the above quote is TRUE (assuming shipped to) and because they dont sell illegally imported items. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: OT - for those of youwho haveDVD equipthat can playPAL systemDVD's >Excuse me but my repeated contention/belief >on this has been that its not legal to sell region free >or cross regioned DVD players in the USA, >using the fact that you cant get them from >any of the major U.S. retailers and the >simple existance of the regioning system >itself in the first place as logical reasons why. Doesnt >one of those statements "facts" posted there >support my repeated and current contention? >jco Read it CAREFULLY. All DVD Players shipped in the USA must be set to Region 1. It is not legal for the manufacturer to provide information or any other means of changing the region code to allow the playback of DVD's from other regions. Let me help you parse these two simple sentences John. Sentence 1: "All DVD Players shipped in the USA must be set to Region 1". Set to Region 1. It doesn't say you can't change it from region 1. So guess what? When I bought my multi-region DVD player it was set to Region 1. HAHAHAHA! Sentence 2: "It is not legal for the manufacturer to provide information or any other means of changing the region code to allow the playback of DVD's from other regions" Manufacturer to provide. If someone besides the manufacturer provides it, it's not illegal. HAHAHAHA! Your reasoning that it's illegal because Circuit City and Best Buy doesn't sell them is foolish, foolish, foolish. They also don't sell multi-color flashing LED underwear, but it doesn't mean it's illegal to sell or buy them. Tom C. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Norm Baugher >Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 4:53 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: OT - for those of youwho haveDVD equipthat can playPAL >systemDVD's > > >WRONG WRONG WRONG! Bill, those are facts, please keep them out of this >debate. Norm > >William Robb wrote: > > FYI: > > > > From: > > http://www.dvdcity.com/resources/regionfreedvd.html > > > > Is it legal to use or own a Code free DVD player? > > Yes, it is legal. You are legally allowed to own a Code free DVD > > player, but you can not use it for illegal purposes. Please check > > your State and >Federal > > copyright laws for details. > > > > From: http://www.alkenmrs.com/codefreedvd/code-free-players.html > > > > All DVD Players shipped in the USA must be set to Region 1. It is > > not legal for the manufacturer to provide information or any other > > means of >changing > > the region code to allow the playback of DVD's from other regions. > > ..... It is however, quite legal for you to own a Region Free DVD > > player as >it is > > legal for you modify it to become a Region Free DVD Player. > > > > I hope this information is of some use. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > >-- >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 -- 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
