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Subject:    Re: [DMCA_discuss] Buy DVDs and games abroad - and break the law (fwd)
From:       tom poe <tompoe () renonevada ! net>
Date:       2002-01-25 1:30:41
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On Thursday 24 January 2002 15:49, Jei wrote:
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> Buy DVDs and games abroad - and break the law
> By Drew Cullen
> Posted: 24/01/2002 at 16:57 GMT
>
>
> British consumers will be on the wrong side of the law for the first time
> if they buy overseas DVDs or computer games 'unauthorised' for the UK and
> play them on their PCs at home.
>
> This is the major implication of a ruling in the High Court yesterday over
> the sale in the UK of 'mod-chips' for the Sony Playstation.
>
> <snip>
>
> However, there is tension between Jacob's ruling and explicit rights
> granted to UK consumers through the Sale of Good Act (SGA) and the Unfair
> Contract Terms Act (UCTA). But until a consumer, or a group of consumers,
> challenges Jacob's ruling, the rights of copyright holders will take
> precedence.
>
> In effect, the UK's Copyright and Patents Act 1988 gives copyright holders
> more power than America's highly controversial Digital Millennium Copyright
> Act (DMCA), because there are no exceptions, as Martin Keegan, of the
> UK-based Campaign for Digital Rights points out.
>
> He expresses concern at yesterday's ruling.
> "Anti-circumvention law takes the balance in copyright law out of the hands
> of Parliament and the judges, and places it in the hands of technologists
> working for major media conglomerates.
>
> Full Story
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23814.html
>

Hi:  So, we thought we had it bad, here.  I think it's time to put a face on 
the RIAA folks.  Anyone know where their pictures are displayed?  
Thanks, Tom
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