NewDeep wrote:
yes sanjay, "parallel imports" it is.
but in no way does it make the shemaroo a pirated dvd. shemaroo published the dvd quite legally, it's one who's selling them (not shemaroo) who may be selling it unlawfully in lands where shemaroo does not have rights to be sold.
A pirate dvd is one which has either been copied directly from an original dvd film disk, or more commonly, one which has been downloaded via the Internet and burned to dvd disk. Or made from "camera prints".
"To make use of or reproduce (another's work) without authorization"
Like I said earlier, this is a a "grey" area, specially due to how the laws of different countries define 'piracy'. You might want to look into the case of 'Moser Baer' vs 'seventymm.com' wherin 'Moser Baer' has filed a case of piracy against 'seventymm.com' for renting 'original' Moser Baer DVDs. Also, I can cite numerous instances where in India, DVD libraries have been raided and totally original Hollywood DVDs from the US, have been seized under copyright laws and the DVD library charged under piracy.
Your statement, "To make use of or reproduce (another's work) without authorization" is an accurate definition of the word 'piracy'. Thus how the 'offending' dvd is manufactured or the source of the material on the DVD, is immaterial. No pun intended. It is important to keep in mind, that the 'dictionary' defination of a word, does not neccesarily mean the same as the 'legal' meaning of a word, specially considering the different laws and interpretations of those laws in various countries.