We have a large number of copied DVDs. They're not bootlegged ones bought from a dodgy market stall, but copies of DVDs we used to own, then copied and the gave the originals to family. Is this going to present a problem for shipping? I know that they may not appear strictly legal.

customs dont have the time or inclination to check for dodgey dvds mate
hide them inside your stash of Marijuana if your worried

They're not dodgy , but good to know, thanks

I wondered the same about PC hard drives, I might have a couple of terrabytes of movies and tv shows. I assume the don't check hard drives for content?

Crap - I hadn't even thought of that. Most stuff on our external hard drives (yes, multiple) might have been acquired through bit-torrents. That would be a bit too much for the customs to investigate though, no?

At the risk of being pedantic - they clearly are dodgy, because you've just said they're copies of original DVDs. Not taking the moral high-ground here, I have a house full of bent DVDs, but the fact is a copy's a copy whether you owned it or not.

But to the original question - you'll be fine - they're slightly more concerned with the importation of drugs or vegetable matter than a knock-off copy of The Rock.

No - they don't fire up your PC and copy any movies they don't have onto a USB stick.

Actually, it is legal to make yourself an archival copy of a DVD you own as long as you don't do it for re-sale purposes.

But cheers

Yeah but you don't own them anymore, you gave them to family member

*Pedant Alert* - I still have both copies just now.

It's not like I ripped off the movie companies by not buying their DVDs in the first place

Fair enough I sold most of my dvd's on amazon in prep for the move out. Seemed better to turn them in to cash than ship them, I also downloaded a few terabytes of films I never owned or bought. So I guess you're more honest than me

I'm laughing at myself right now I'm not disclosing the extent of my bit-torrent habit here

I guess you had to make the most of having something resembling fast internet before the move - god how I'll miss the 20MG broadband when we eventually move!

I love my BE DSL :-) 17-18Mb is the norm with a 2Mb ish upload. I have been looking at Oz broadband and so I'm hoping that once I get out I won't feel like the guy on 'Life on Mars'

In Australia ? You must be kidding. Expect crap speeds [if you can even GET DSL] and having to pay exorbitant prices for it.

We had heaps of dodgy (I know yours aren't ) in our container and then bought a fair few more in Malaysia enroute to Oz... btw this is my OH's doing, not mine