Website that sells DRM free JAV softcopy legally?

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^Thank you. Sadly they don't have a movie title that I'm looking for (hwd-03). I guess I'll have to buy the dvd.

Are website like juicyjavs, 8jav, and asianscreens legit? Their dvd price seems very cheap.
 

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I believe all those sites you listed selling DVDs are actually selling counterfeit copies. So I would not recommend purchasing from those sites.

If you want to purchase DVDs, I'd suggest sticking to more reputable retailers such as Amazon, HMV or DMM.
 
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To my knowledge the three sites you posted just sell unauthorized burned DVDs.

The only legit English-language physical product sites I know of are Jlist (http://jlist.com/), Square Plus (http://squareplus.co.jp/), and Akibacom (http://akibacom.jp/).

For physical censored releases, I’d steer clear of any site that sells ‘em all for $5 a pop regardless of when they were released. I’ve only seen censored DVDs sold that cheap on sites like Amazon Japan, but they were used.
 

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I see. But there could be a shipping's privacy issue if buying from legit site like dmm or squareplus, I guess they will send the dvd box with the cover intact. If someone other than me opened the package, I could get a trouble.

I saw this guy's post:
https://www.akiba-online.com/threads/discussion-about-dmm-website.994490/page-51#post-3497399

I have same thought with him, I wonder if there is someone or service provider that can help people outside japan to buy dvd from site like dmm and then send the iso file.
 
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ldjb

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That can be a risk depending on the laws of the country you reside in, I suppose.

If buying from SquarePlus, you could probably put in a request for the DVD to be packaged differently, if that would help.
 

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^Thank you. Sadly they don't have a movie title that I'm looking for (hwd-03). I guess I'll have to buy the dvd.

Are website like juicyjavs, 8jav, and asianscreens legit? Their dvd price seems very cheap.
Which HWD-03 are you after? Can you show a cover?
 

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With smaller sites like the three I mentioned (Jlist, SquarePlus and Akibacom), I'm sure you can ask them to remove the packaging and just send the disc. Of course the disc may still have nudity pressed on it. That varies from maker to maker.

Asking them to take the movie and burn it to a unmarked disc or digitally sending you the ISO file, however, would probably be asking too much and may not be legally possible for them.
 
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To my knowledge the three sites you posted just sell unauthorized burned DVDs.

The only legit English-language physical product sites I know of are Jlist (http://jlist.com/), Square Plus (http://squareplus.co.jp/), and Akibacom (http://akibacom.jp/).

For physical censored releases, I’d steer clear of any site that sells ‘em all for $5 a pop regardless of when they were released. I’ve only seen censored DVDs sold that cheap on sites like Amazon Japan, but they were used.
Just as a side note to In's post, if you DO go to Japan, a lot of stores have 50-100 Yen used JAV dvds for sale.
 

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^Thank you. Sadly they don't have a movie title that I'm looking for (hwd-03). I guess I'll have to buy the dvd.

Are website like juicyjavs, 8jav, and asianscreens legit? Their dvd price seems very cheap.
I actually bought a Miko Sato DVD from 8jav some time back. It was a burned copy, sure (4Gb single layer) but...it was a copy of the DVD. If you don't mind downloading titles...this isn't far behind. just sayin.
 
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Which HWD-03 are you after? Can you show a cover?
You can try search "hwd-03" in 8jav.

With smaller sites like the three I mentioned (Jlist, SquarePlus and Akibacom), I'm sure you can ask them to remove the packaging and just send the disc. Of course the disc may still have nudity pressed on it. That varies from maker to maker.

Asking them to take the movie and burn it to a unmarked disc or digitally sending you the ISO file, however, would probably be asking too much and may not be legally possible for them.
Since they sent it from japan, I think customs will stop it. The customs might still know it's adult content package by looking at the sender address.

Sending ISO file would be ideal for my case, but I don't know if they want to do it. A long time ago, I used to ask that to squareplus but they said they can't do it.
 
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What does DRM free mean?
It simply means no restriction. You can play the video file with any players. It's just like the video you download from torrent (albeit it's illegal).

In contrary, DRM video is usually encrypted, you can only play their video file with certain video player. The best example is DMM/R18 video, they have their own video player (R18 player), and you must log-in or authenticate first to play the video. If you lose your account, you won't be able to play the video anymore. It's almost similar to Steam games platform.
 
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DMM/R18 ...do they ship to the US? It seems to be blocked when I view their content.
For DMM, I think no. The dvd page is inaccessible from ip address outside japan. R18 is the international version of DMM website, they don't sell DVD as far as I know.

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Btw, is there someone here in Japan that can help buying JAV DVD?
 

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For DMM, I think no. The dvd page is inaccessible from ip address outside japan. R18 is the international version of DMM website, they don't sell DVD as far as I know.

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Btw, is there someone here in Japan that can help buying JAV DVD?
Ya'Know, when it comes to Japan, I have two general ideas about the stuff they make.

The first, is that I wish to move there because it would be so much easier than importing everything (I know that 80 percent of what id want to import wouldn't be allowed) back to the states. The problem with this, is that I would be basing a very important life decision on entertainment that is from one specific country, while completely avoiding all that is made outside of Japan. Another problem with this, is that it would simply cost to much money, and that the novelty would ware off pretty quickly if I lived in said country.

Now the second idea, would be that I could simply just visit Japan once every couple of years, make friends over there, and come back to the states, with MOST of the things that I bought during my time there. Now, there are also some problems with this one. The first problem is that I would need to save up enough money (with me making 5 grand every month (2 weeks on, 2 weeks off), it wouldn't be that hard). The second problem, and perhaps the most obvious, is that not everything I buy over there would be allowed through customs.

There are many places in the world I wish to visit, and hell, sometimes I even wish to move there. There are so many great places and cultures throughout the world that I wish to experience, that I cannot limit myself to just one culture, or one portion of earth. I must experience all that I can, in this great episodic adventure, that we call Life.
 

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Just go ahead and import a couple of them. What's the worse that can happen ?

Sure you might get your purchase impounded and lose like about a hundred dollars or so, but the authority will not be kicking down your door anytime soon.

For your information, I reside in a place where porn is technically illegal and I still amass a small legit collection as above.
 
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Just go ahead and import a couple of them. What's the worse that can happen ?

Sure you might get your purchase impounded and lose like about a hundred dollars or so, but the authority will not be kicking down your door anytime soon.

For your information, I reside in a place where porn is technically illegal and I still amass a small legit collection as above.
My ISP doesn't give a shit about what I download, nor do they care HOW MUCH I download. I average 3TB a month. I would only really purchase hard drives for my entertainment, so a hundred bucks lost is equal to 6TB, or around 3 thousand or so JAV titles.
 

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My ISP doesn't give a shit about what I download, nor do they care HOW MUCH I download. I average 3TB a month. I would only really purchase hard drives for my entertainment, so a hundred bucks lost is equal to 6TB, or around 3 thousand or so JAV titles.

I can go your way if I want to play it safe. But where is the fun in that ? I'm not a person who play by the rules if I know I can get away with it.