> >> The code is nothing to do with cablebox chipping
> >> It is to do with my current trade of upgrading UK dvd players to
> >> multiregion. Am alreadying editing the eproms manually but have
> >> seen a nice
> >> device that uses a pic to do it with. Would be nice to get my own made
> >
> >    Unless I have the wrong impression, that is as illegal as cablebox
> >chipping! TTYL
> I think you have the  wrong impression....
> Are you trying to say that if I own a DVD player I am not legally
> allowed to modify it...? What planet are you on ?

     Earth last I checked. In NA, yes, it is illegal to modify a DVD player
to play DVDs from outside the region it is built for (it's the same as
modifying a radio scanner to pick up cell phones calls in the US, that is
also considered illegal). You can thank the MPAA for that one. Of course
it's like MP3s, nobody is going to arrest every person who has downloaded an
MP3 (I'd guess that would approach a large percentage of NAs population
anyways!). While an individual may be able to get away with it, a company
doing it for profit is most definitely breaking the law. Why do you think
big companies don't advertise being able to do it here in NA? Now I have
been emailed by the original poster that this modify for hire business is
legal in the UK where he is located, there is no way for me to confirm that
though. TTYL

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