Is it illegal to import dvd to Melbourne
Jul 3rd 2003, 2:49 am
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Is it illegal to import dvd to Melbourne
May i know is it illegal to import/bring all my collection of japanese anime dvd to Melbourne.
Jul 3rd 2003, 3:18 am
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Re: Is it illegal to import dvd to Melbourne
Originally posted by nickielora
May i know is it illegal to import/bring all my collection of japanese anime dvd to Melbourne.
May i know is it illegal to import/bring all my collection of japanese anime dvd to Melbourne.
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Jul 3rd 2003, 4:11 am
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I, er, I mean my friend, has got some dubious 'adult entertainment' DVDs I, I mean, he needs to get into Oz. Can he put them in shipping or has to find more dodgy ways of getting them in?
Jul 3rd 2003, 4:21 am
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For goodness sake, they are not 'adult entertainment' dvd. They are animation dub in english/japanese dialogue, chinese/english subtitle.
Don't you guys know 'Animation'
Don't you guys know 'Animation'
Jul 3rd 2003, 4:37 am
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Originally posted by nickielora
For goodness sake, they are not 'adult entertainment' dvd. They are animation dub in english/japanese dialogue, chinese/english subtitle.
Don't you guys know 'Animation'
For goodness sake, they are not 'adult entertainment' dvd. They are animation dub in english/japanese dialogue, chinese/english subtitle.
Don't you guys know 'Animation'
Jul 3rd 2003, 4:38 am
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Touchy! Let me guess, you've had people say that before to you...
If you weren't so touchy, you would have seen I was talking about MY adult entertainment DVDs and not your completely sad collection of Jap DVDs.
If you weren't so touchy, you would have seen I was talking about MY adult entertainment DVDs and not your completely sad collection of Jap DVDs.
Jul 3rd 2003, 8:07 pm
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Originally posted by nickielora
For goodness sake, they are not 'adult entertainment' dvd. They are animation dub in english/japanese dialogue, chinese/english subtitle.
Don't you guys know 'Animation'
For goodness sake, they are not 'adult entertainment' dvd. They are animation dub in english/japanese dialogue, chinese/english subtitle.
Don't you guys know 'Animation'
well pardon me for asking, but when reading anime "animation" doesn't automatically spring to mind - and I never mentioned that it was pornographic simply asked what Japanese anime is!!
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Jul 7th 2003, 11:04 am
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Australia is DVD region 4. UK is Region 2. I have 2 DVD players. The cheap $90 one I bought from Crazy Clarks (made in China) was all region coded so I can play DVDs I purchase on the internet on that player. The more expensive player has a block for any non region 4 DVDs.
It's not "illegal" to import DVDs unless of course they are movies that are banned in Aus.
As for chipping DVD players - most suburbs with high Asian populations will have people who will do it. My advice is take a non-region 4 DVD to the store and ask them to play it through players you are interested in. Only buy one that plays it. This regional coding thing is not popular at all in OZ. Our government actually talked about challenging it with the WTO because it goes against free trade.
It's not "illegal" to import DVDs unless of course they are movies that are banned in Aus.
As for chipping DVD players - most suburbs with high Asian populations will have people who will do it. My advice is take a non-region 4 DVD to the store and ask them to play it through players you are interested in. Only buy one that plays it. This regional coding thing is not popular at all in OZ. Our government actually talked about challenging it with the WTO because it goes against free trade.
