are these legal?

Stuart_P

http://dvd-video.search.ebay.co.uk/phil-silvers-bilko_DVDs_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ2288

they look like something you can buy in hmv etc but are they??

Tallymanjohn

You could always try contacting one of the recent purchasers & asking them if the disks are genuine of copies.

tru

I found this -

Duration of copyright
The 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act states the duration as;

Broadcasts and cable programmes
50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made.


From HERE

MyUserNamesTaken

Region 0....says it all. They sail on the 7 seas...

soolin

"collection supplied in sleeves and no artwork "

"THIS BILKO COLLECTION IS SUPPLIED IN PROTECTIVE WALLETS WITH ALL ARTWORK AS SHOWN, IE; THE COVERS TO FIT INTO YOUR OWN DVD CASES AND IS THE SAME QUALITY AS MY OTHER BILKO SETS THAT ARE SUPPLIED WITH CASES..."

"Mostly recorded from US TV programme comedy central. Picture quality reflects the archive nature of the recordings. These are the same recordings as other sellers are offering so don't expect cinema quality. "

Ahoy Jim Lad.....

It is illegal to buy pirate copies in the UK and buyers, as well as sellers can be prosecuted.

Soo

Stuart_P

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

Region 0....says it all. They sail on the 7 seas...

are you saying that as they are region 0, they must be illegal?

culpepper

The seller definitely says they are recorded from the TV and the quality reflects the archiving eg. they are a bit pixelated due to being compressed.
They might not be copies of retail dvd's but it used to be illegal to sell stuff you recorded onto video from your TV so I think it is still illegal if it is recorded onto DVD's.

crompton

Stuart_P wrote:

are you saying that as they are region 0, they must be illegal?

The geographical regions are as follows:

REGION 1 -- USA, Canada
REGION 2 -- Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Greenland
REGION 3 -- S.Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Parts of South East Asia
REGION 4 -- Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (including Mexico)
REGION 5 -- Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa
REGION 6 -- China
REGION 7 -- Reserved for Unspecified Special Use
REGION 8 -- Resevered for Cruise Ships, Airlines, etc...
REGION 0 or REGION ALL -- Discs are uncoded and can be played Worldwide, however, PAL discs must be played in a PAL-compatible unit and NTSC discs must be played in an NTSC-compatible unit.
- About.com

Bascially region 0 is copied / pirated because you can't buy region 0 dvds in store.

Stuart_P

crompton wrote:

Bascially region 0 is copied / pirated because you can't buy region 0 dvds in store.

incorrect - you can buy region 0 in retail stores. i have seen plenty of titles in large retail stores, this being one of them...

http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=451634

snax

troo wrote:

I found this -

Duration of copyright
The 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act states the duration as;

Broadcasts and cable programmes
50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made.


From HERE

..... and underneath it states.....

7. Restricted acts
It is an offence to perform any of the following acts without the consent of the owner:

Copy the work.

Rent, lend or issue copies of the work to the public.

Perform, broadcast or show the work in public.

Adapt the work.

PeteMc

I've got over 100 that are printed on the box as Region 0 and over 330 that are marked as Any Region, all have been bought from reputable sellers around the world.

All Anchor Bay releases are Region 0, regardless of what it says on the box.

If it's a new release (following a recent cinema outing) then it will probably be region coded.

I'm not an expert on copyright but I was told the tale that if copyright is not renewed in the US after xx years then it becomes public domain and anyone can release it.

A good film to demonstrate this is Night of the Living Dead (1968). Just try and find the number of releases on this and the price of them.