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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorwhispering
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http://www.imperativarecords.com/?page=detail&pid=5

This has been released as both Pal and NTSC versions. Both have the same UPC according to that site. I bought my Pal copy from UK, but is the locality still US? The UPC seems to be an US one?
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I would say that unless it has a UK rating certificate or UK exempt on the cover that it can't be UK.
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Quoting whispering:
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I bought my Pal copy from UK, but is the locality still US?

First of all, IIRC you simply couldn't submit a US-Locality with PAL.

Second: you bought it in UK and it has PAL so it is (to me) absolutely clearly a UK-Locality.
If anyone buys the NTSC-version he can enter it under the same UPC with US-locality, the beauty of the locality-system.
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The UPC seems to be an US one?

Might be, but who cares? The distributors screwed the whole UPC/EAN-systematic over so many time (re-release for instance) that I don't think we should cling to it.

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Quoting Mithi:
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Second: you bought it in UK and it has PAL so it is (to me) absolutely clearly a UK-Locality.
If anyone buys the NTSC-version he can enter it under the same UPC with US-locality, the beauty of the locality-system.


Except unless it has either of the above, it can't be a UK release. Without one or the other it wouldn't be an official, legal UK DVD.
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The company seems to be based in the US (http://www.imperativarecords.com/?page=contact). Many music dvd's are released by a label or record company in country A, and then have a distribution deal in country B (via a wholesaler or distributor). Happens all the time.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributordfmorgan
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Quoting Forget_the_Rest:
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I would say that unless it has a UK rating certificate or UK exempt on the cover that it can't be UK.

The BBFC E rating is unofficial and does not have to be shown see below from the BBFC FAQ

What does the 'E' symbol mean, and it is an official category?
The 'E' symbol on video packaging indicates that the distributor believes the work to be exempt from classification.

Under the Video Recordings Act 1984, a video is an exempted work if is designed to inform, educate or instruct; is concerned with sport, religion or music; or is a video game.

However, if such a work, including video games, depicts human sexual activity or gross violence to any significant extent it will need a BBFC classification. In addition, video games which contain ‘linear’ material (that is video footage) also have to be classified by the BBFC.

The 'E' symbol is not an official symbol and does not have any legal standing. Nor is it a requirement that it should appear on video cassettes, unlike the BBFC classification symbols.

Under the Video Recordings Act, the onus is on the distributor to decide whether or not a video work is an exempted work, and distributors have tended to put an 'E' symbol on tapes as guidance to the public.

The Board does not examine exempted works and does not decide whether or not a work is exempt.

ETA: Meant to say that I would go for UK profile for the PAL version according to the above.

Dave
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