http://www.movietyme.com are good for Blu-rays and PS3 games from USA. They are selling Demon Souls for £41.99 delivered and God of War Collection for £27.99. I have never has to pay any import duties when buying from them.

Walking the talk and “Getting involved”
Even as a “young pup” I think I was aware that the internet was around long before the WWW! The internet being a way of computer communicating across a WAN – rather than what we think of as the internet (i.e HTTP).
Still, it really only became globally influential in the early 90's and it is surprising that it is as old as it is!

Content providers marking and then seeding torrents sounds rather like entrapment to me? I seriously hope that some large content providers organisation falls foul of the legislation they seem so intent on getting pushed through.

As for the Seth MacFarlane and friends show – the show is still going ahead. It's just not being sponsored by MS. Last I heard, they were still looking for sponsors. Maybe Apple will jump in?

It is entrapment but no doubt will be setup so that legally it is fine. All very shady and hopefully the ISP's will mount a legal challenge to this – it's a mess.

1. Background/Introduction

From 1 December 2008, Council Regulation 274/2008 dated 17 March 2008 will enter into force. This Regulation amends several articles of Council Regulation 918/83 (The Community System of Reliefs from Customs Duty).

Article 27 of Regulation 918/83 sets out the threshold for consignments despatched by letter or parcel post to be admitted free of Customs duty.

This is currently €22 (£18) but will increase to €150 (£105) from 1 December 2008.

However, Customs duty is not collected if the amount of duty due is less than €10 (£7).
2. Limits of the changes

We have identified several blogs/internet forums where these changes have been welcomed but widely misunderstood.

It appears people incorrectly believe that from 1 December 2008 goods with a value less than €150 (£105) imported from outside the EU will be admitted without any import charges being levied, but the Regulation applies only to Customs duty.

Import VAT and Excise duties (where applicable) will still apply at the current rate.

Because of this misconception, on some websites people are being wrongly advised to start their ‘Christmas internet shopping’ for goods imported from outside the EU, after the introduction of the increased duty limit on 1 December 2008. This last minute rush (when import VAT and if appropriate excise duty will still be charged) is obviously something both HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and Royal Mail want to try and avoid.

1. Background/Introduction

From 1 December 2008, Council Regulation 274/2008 dated 17 March 2008 will enter into force. This Regulation amends several articles of Council Regulation 918/83 (The Community System of Reliefs from Customs Duty).

Article 27 of Regulation 918/83 sets out the threshold for consignments despatched by letter or parcel post to be admitted free of Customs duty.

This is currently €22 (£18) but will increase to €150 (£105) from 1 December 2008.

However, Customs duty is not collected if the amount of duty due is less than €10 (£7).
2. Limits of the changes

We have identified several blogs/internet forums where these changes have been welcomed but widely misunderstood.

It appears people incorrectly believe that from 1 December 2008 goods with a value less than €150 (£105) imported from outside the EU will be admitted without any import charges being levied, but the Regulation applies only to Customs duty.

Import VAT and Excise duties (where applicable) will still apply at the current rate.

Because of this misconception, on some websites people are being wrongly advised to start their ‘Christmas internet shopping’ for goods imported from outside the EU, after the introduction of the increased duty limit on 1 December 2008. This last minute rush (when import VAT and if appropriate excise duty will still be charged) is obviously something both HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and Royal Mail want to try and avoid.