Re: Censorship by the BBC?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

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

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