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Originally Posted by eschwartz
But it is illegal, because the DMCA forbids you from bypassing or avoiding copyright protections. Buying and using an out-of-region DVD player is bypassing/avoiding the protections that stop someone from Region X playing Region Y DVDs. Regardless of where you got the tool from or whether or not any active effort per DVD on your part is required.
You are right, it is a stupid law and a stupid interpretation of the law, but it fits with the actual words, and thus is technically illegal. (Only in the US.)
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I respectfully disagree with you that it is illegal, which is the reason that I've been asking in vain for an example of case law which illustrates its illegality. As you are well aware, at the end of the day it's the courts which determine whether or not something is illegal, and if something has never been tested in court, one cannot definitively state that it's illegal.