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Re: Censorship by the BBC?
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:43:56 -0500
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:58:06 GMT, Drsolly said:
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Florian Weimer wrote:* Drsolly:The purpose of the different "regions" on DVD, is to stop people buying a
DVD where it's cheapest, and get them to buy the higher-priced (but identical) version instead. People who buy the cheaper version and import
it, are called "Grey-marketers", an epithet that sounds like they're doing something naughty, which they aren't.Importing copyrighted material into the EU for business purposes is illegal unless you've got permission from the copyright owner. 8-( Copyright law usually allows for geographic restrictions on distribution, for precisely the reason you mentioned.I hadn't known that
I'm pretty sure that the US laws say something similar - it's what they use to bust people who import counterfeit CD/handbags/etc...
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- Re: Censorship by the BBC? Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 18)
- Re: Censorship by the BBC? Drsolly (Dec 18)
- Re: Censorship by the BBC? Florian Weimer (Dec 16)
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