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Porlestone
Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 95 Location: Asia
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: Ever take a load of your DVDs into USA? How was it? |
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All throughout Asia we nearly always buy less than legal copies of DVDs. Even worse is that with a quick look one can easily tell they aren't real, but the media on them sure is copyrighted.
Anyone ever take a stack of said DVDs or CDs through US customs? Did they want to take closer looks at it? Did you take just a few, or a case full? |
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Xenophobe
Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 163
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:46 am Post subject: |
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You may have some problems with the DVDs even if you manage to slip through customs. If they are region 3 formatted they won't play on a North American DVD player, unless you can change the code setting. |
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Sgt Killjoy

Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 438
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:12 am Post subject: |
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You can take up to 20 copyrighted products back into the states. The law is written in such a way to be ambigious to allow 20 fake things into the country but not one more. |
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Ki
Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 475
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:56 am Post subject: |
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The DVDs usually aren't region specific formatted. So you shouldn't have any problems with that. I tried to find information about this over the internet a couple of years ago but could only find out that it is legal to take fake products (for personal use) out of Taiwan. Not sure about coming into Taiwan, or into other countries for that matter. But don't quote me on this. |
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Porlestone
Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 95 Location: Asia
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: |
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Good point Ki. Did anyone get searched in similar fashion going IN to Taiwan? Or does Ki's point seem to have applied for everyone. I'm not there in TW yet but could be on my way some time. |
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