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
