[PW] Re: copyright issues--PAL to NTSC

[cvj at hcvco.com]

One might also google anydvd.  Connie


> Michael Hart wrote:
>> Sorry, rereading this and trying to take the grammar into account,
>> or out, it is possible that Craig IS taking both sides. . . .
>>
> ... and the next problem is that there are multiple sides, not just two.
> Some of which may be subject to different (and contradictory) laws in
> different jurisdictions (the original message indicated that the
> purchase was made from amazon.uk, which implies that the original
> material may be subject to UK law, but having been brought into the US,
> is now subject to some jurisdiction here, after which you can get some
> lawyers to argue that it's still also subject to UK law, others that
> once it was imported, US law supersedes, and start an argument over
> priority and relationship). We simply don't have enough international
> agreement and national laws consistent with what international
> agreements we do have to define these issues "accurately." Ask five
> attorneys and get two or three general overviews, ten different detailed
> opinions.
>
> More problematic technical issue for the original poster: Beware using
> the DVD drive in the laptop to play too many "non-native-area" disks
> without carefully checking your technical specs (which may be almost
> impossible to dig into and find). Because of DRM issues in the US,
> computer DVD drives typically have a limited number of "switches" that
> they can make between the original (region 1) coding and others. After
> you alternate too many times among home and foreign regions, the drive
> will usually lock on whatever the fifth regional change was (which means
> that you might be able to play ONLY the region two DVD, by luck of the
> draw).
>
> Or move to Australia, where DVD players legally must be region-code-free.
>
> John Sleasman
> Solon, OH
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