stillshadow
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? California
I recently looked on Amazon for a few old movies that I remember from my childhood. Some of them were available on VHS , but have not been released on DVD by the studio. I decided to look on eBay and did find these movies on DVD. I ordered them, and when I received them, realized that they were transfers from the VHS version of the movie copied onto DVD. They were described as "import" DVDs. This seems to be all over eBay for tons of movies. I was still happy to receive the movies, but I was wondering about the legality of this. It seems like a great business idea. Would I get into trouble doing this same thing? It seems like an obvious answer, but if it is against copyright law, how can these sellers sell 50+ movies everyday? Some of them have been doing this for a couple of years. What do you think? Does the fact that they are listed as "imports" affect the copyright?
I recently looked on Amazon for a few old movies that I remember from my childhood. Some of them were available on VHS , but have not been released on DVD by the studio. I decided to look on eBay and did find these movies on DVD. I ordered them, and when I received them, realized that they were transfers from the VHS version of the movie copied onto DVD. They were described as "import" DVDs. This seems to be all over eBay for tons of movies. I was still happy to receive the movies, but I was wondering about the legality of this. It seems like a great business idea. Would I get into trouble doing this same thing? It seems like an obvious answer, but if it is against copyright law, how can these sellers sell 50+ movies everyday? Some of them have been doing this for a couple of years. What do you think? Does the fact that they are listed as "imports" affect the copyright?