[sldev] Re: [ARCH//META] Permissions and limitations of distrust

[Anders Arnholm]

On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 12:38 -0700, Lawson English wrote:

> Then I realized that there are already precedents where region codes are 
> supported in DVDs. Hack your video player to play multiple region DVDs 
> and you are violating the law. Start selling or making available for 
> distribution, the content of region coded DVDs, and you're liable for 
> breaking several laws at once.

I can  only with some certainly talk about swedish laws, but making a
region free dvd player is definitively legal here, about 90% on the
market here today is region free. It's wel inside fair use as well.

Balp


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