Re: Censorship by the BBC?

[Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>]

* 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.
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