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Posted by Netmask on 10/04/24 11:30
Sorry Region coding is all about mechanical copyright a branch of the law
not too many people are familiar with. There are 3 levels of copyright on a
CD musical item as an example:
1. Mechanical copyright is owned by the manufacturer of the disc
2. Artistic property - what the artist gets
3. Composer copyright
In the case of hardware like DVD players the copyright and patents owners of
the user product i.e. the DVD discs set up a regime to control the way
marketing would take place creating differential costing based on what the
local market could bear - so the same item marketed in the USA would have a
lower unit price due to the bigger market and consumer resistance, in South
America the selling price is a lot lower to reflect the lower salaries etc
and on it goes - it is a stupid concept because the World is getting
smaller and many people traverse the World taking their goods and chattels
with them, people like myself maintain residences in 2 countries and I will
be damned if I am going to maintain 2 inventories of every book and CD I
own.. So yes it is all linked into control, copyright and patents law.
"Kimba W. Lion" <kimbawlion@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "Netmask" <netmask56NoFleas@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>>"Kimba W. Lion" <kimbawlion@aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:616sl19rmno9n24lq6simh6qcmv399te87@4ax.com...
>>> Adam <nospam@example.com> wrote:
>>>>On the other hand, if you live in North America, or in any country that
>>>>has
>>>>a "Free Trade Agreement" with the USA, then what you are trying to do is
>>>>illegal and you will be prosecuted to the full extent permissable by
>>>>law.
>>>
>>> Bullshit.
>>
>>Australia is part of the American "Free" Trade Agreement - so most of
>>American copyright law will become de facto Australian law - it is
>>happening
>>already. What a pity we didn't apply to join the EU
>
> Region coding is not related to copyright law. It is not illegal to change
> the settings in your DVD player.
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