[G4] Pioneer 107 and DVD media questionv

[Alex]

On Sunday, Feb 1, 2004, at 09:18 Canada/Eastern, <csean at poc.it> wrote:

> I couldn't find any info on my player's compatibility with DVD-RW. 
> It's a
> Bluesky. Plays DVD-R beautifully (even though it doesn't list DVD-R
> compatibility in the specs).

Virtually all current DVD players are compatible with DVD-R. None that 
I know are compatible with DVD-RW -- although I suspect there may be a 
few specialized ones.

> I don't think it's illegal here, but the issue seems pretty irrelevant
> anyway.

No, it's not. It's not about you, it's about the operator who dedicates 
time and resources to run this list. He may not have the same point of 
view as you have on fair use, or he may not wish to run the risk of a 
nuisance suit from MPAA.

> I don't think too many people on the list would
> have warned, say, Chinese citizens lucky enough to get onto the list, 
> to
> refrain from posting because it was illegal.

No. But, if this list were hosted in China -- a dictatorship where the 
government controls Internet access with an iron hand and no velvet 
glove -- and somebody on this list posted messages about methods of 
circumventing Communist censorship, then I might warn the poster that 
he could get the list owner in trouble.

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