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Originally Posted by BBKing
Presumably it isn't illegal to use a multi-region capable DVD player (like mine)? I remember Tesco selling them a couple of years back with a sheet explaining how to do it.
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Perfectly legal AFAIK.
The thing with console mod chips is that not only do they let you play DVDs & games from other regions, they also let you play copied games - which is where the copyright violation comes in.
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Originally Posted by BBKing
Although the EU have a directive on it, that hasn't stopped Spain and Italy declaring mod chips legal - it's still down to the individual country's courts to decide on each case.
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I'm sure I read something recently about how decisions in Australian courts can sometimes affect decisions in UK courts & vice versa... so maybe if a case went high enough in the UK a judge could actually use the Australian ruling as a precedent. Or I could quite easily be completely wrong lol.