region free disks are not the issue. any content provider can choose to issue their DISKS without region restrictions as well as without copyright protection if they choose to. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip thatcanplayPALsystemDVD's In a message dated 4/19/2007 2:23:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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. ============ I searched the web. While copying DVDs for distribution is illegal, violating copyright laws, region free is not illegal. Although sometimes attempts have been made to prosecute people under copyright laws for changing a region to region free (evidentially, I guess, most of that or all of that, it was a quick search, has not succeeded). Because regions have nothing to do with artistic material copyrights really. Wikipedia says there is a whole other issue, that regions may violate some international laws concerning free trade. So DVD regions are certainly not supported by every country. Marnie aka Doe ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- 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
