[H-GEN] DVD Legal Issues

[Willie Yeo]

I have bought Pioneer DVD players off the shelves from JB Hifi with no region encoding.

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On Mon, 30 May 2005, Willie Yeo wrote:

> I recall reading somewhere that it is illegal to backup DVD of a movie 
> that you buy. The rules are different to that of computer software, 
> where you are entitled to make a copy of a software for backup by law.
> 
> So is backing up Music CDs into MP3s for your iPod or backing it up.
> 
> It is also discussed that it is technically illegal for DVDs to be 
> region coded in Australia (but hell, I think it cannot be enforced).

Speaking of this - does anyone know is DVD players in Aus are enforcing 
region encoding?  I'd like to bring back a few Region 1 DVDs with me next 
time I travel, but only if they are going to work :)

Rob

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