Thread: Piracy is necessary and doesn't hurt revenues
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Old 07-18-2014, 01:58 PM   #197
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The flaw in your logic is your belief that playing a DVD constitutes "circumventing a technological measure". Playing a Region 1 DVD on a Region 1 DVD player is not "circumventing a technological measure" - it's using the device for its intended purpose. There's no "circumvention", and there's certainly no law prohibiting anyone, anywhere in the world, from buying a DVD player for any region they wish.
Of course you are circumventing the encoding on the DVD. It is like buying a tool that removes DRM.
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