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

[Lawson English]

Anders Arnholm wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 12:38 -0700, Lawson English wrote:
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>> 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.
>>     
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> 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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Is modifying it and then reslling it OK as well? Seems to kind of go 
against the whole concept of regions...

L