[plug] [OT] DVD Other Regions

[Chris Caston]

On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 10:21, Carl Gherardi wrote:
> All comments following have no legal basis, just observaional experience.
> 
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:42:39 +0800, Timothy White <weirdo at tigris.org> wrote:
> > After reading an interesting thread on WP I was interested in what some
> > of you Pluggers think/know in relation to Other Zoned DVD's.
> > Basically the thread was talking about the Selling and Hiring of Other
> > Zoned DVD's in Australia and the importation of them.
> > It was talking about DMCA and some law changes effect the 1st of this year.
> > Basically I have 2 questions, one out of interest and one for a friend.
> > 1) What is the current status with importing DVD's?
> > e.g. Genuine DVD's from Bali?
> 
> There exists legal dvds in Bali?
> 
> After chatting with a customs guy when coming back from Bali last year
> he said customs would ignore amounts less than 50, after which they'd
> look at people on a case by case basis. pr0n being particularly
> frowned upon.
> 

Ah so no coming back into Australia with a luggage bag crammed full of
blue euro dvd's then ;) 
> I have a feeling (with no basis) that importing goods for sale
> qualifies for a ton of tax laws and restrictions.
> 
> > e.g. Pirated DVD's from Bali?
> >
> 
> Illegal everywhere, but similar applies to the legal case.
>  
> > 2) Are stores allowed to Hire/Sell Other Zoned DVD's and are people
> > allowed to bring them from other countrys (for personal use and if they
> > are legit)?
> >
> 
> (Almost) Every dvd store in Perth will refuse to order in dvd that
> aren't from their distributor, who i'm guessing get good prices on the
> dvds in return for only selling Region 1 titles.
> 
> Having said that... Empire toys in Perth will order in dvds from other
> regions, and are nice enough to warn you that Region 1 dvd wont play
> on many dvd players. I have o idea if what they do is considered
> legal, the best people to ask would be them.
> 
> Carl G
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