Terms and Conditions

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.  

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My Rare Shows on DVD

BY ENTERING AND BROWSING THIS SITE you are agreeing that you are not working for any television or movie production studio, network or affiliated organizations. You are not employed by, or a member of a professional organization or any other independent association. You are not employed by the federal government, an affiliated agency of any type or sub-contractor of an independent agent. You are not an agent of any national or international law enforcement or postal agency collecting evidence with the sole purpose of harassment or prosecution against rare Shows on DVD or its owner/associates.

Before ordering, please be aware that the DVD's we sell are not commercially-produced pre-records. These films are not currently available on commercial DVD and are believed to be in public domain.

Picture quality is considered good-to-excellent, unless otherwise noted.Just keep in mind that many of these old films may show some signs of deterioration over the years, so please do not expect "PERFECT" quality.

DVDs are recorded in DVD-R format, which is compatible with most new DVD Players. Please check your owner's manual or contact the manufacturer to make certain these discs will work with your system before buying.This is not commercially available on DVD it is a NEW dvd-r. Please check the compatability of your dvd player to play this media. You can go to the website http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php

and type in your make and model and check the box that says dvd-r and look down the list to see if your player is compatible.
There is a section of the American copyright law known as "The Berne Act" that Clearly states: films unreleased in the United States,
including original versions of films altered and/or edited for release in the United
States, are NOT protected by American copyright; thus, they are considered public domain. The entire purpose of our website is to provide otherwise unavailable films or television shows to the serious collector.
These series are offered to other collectors ONLY! We make no profit from the sales of these series and we comply with the following laws:
1. Video Home Recording Act P.L 102 - 563, 106 Stat 4237 Codified at 17 U.S.C. 1001 - 1010 in October 1992. This states that no action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital or analog recording medium or based on the noncommercial use of such device or medium, no rights are intended, expressed, or implied.
2. Supreme Court Case: Sony Corp VS Universal Studios in 1984.
3. It is only illegal when mass producing 'sales' (thousands) not counting trade or credit. We are far from mass produce sales, even when counting all the series together. We are simply bringing people something they cannot get commercially.
4. Online auctions, conventions (especially comic conventions) and other stores and vendors (online or not) allow such DVD sets to be sold.
5. All funds made on these sets is only used for:
Maintaining my equipment
My time and effort to create the DVD(s)
Package the DVD(s)
Travel to the post office
Time and cost of creating related websites
Hosting Cost
Trading Cost
Computer Backup
Paper, Labels, Ink, DVD-R,Cases...

The DVD's that are listed here have been thoroughly researched and found to be in the Public Domain. We do not sell factory "pre-records." These films and televisions programs are from our personal collection and have never been purchased from a commercial source. Our master prints originate from sources outside the U.S. or collections built over the years through trades and purchases from other Classic TV/Movie fans' private collections. It is our understanding that all material offered for sale here is in the Public Domain. We do extensive research making sure that a title is not available in the U.S. If an exact match to one of our titles becomes available domestically we immediately refrain from offering it to our customers. If anyone comes across a DVD being sold here that they own rights to or that has been released in its entirity on retail dvd (i.e. Complete series in one box set), please send a cease and desist notification--with credentials, of course--along with the information necessary to contact you to the e-mail address listed on the main site.

All DVD-R's are recorded on new brand name DVD-R media region free NTSC.

Because of ease of copying this media, we cannot offer refunds only replacements for defective discs.

Please remember many countries have strict laws regarding the import of adult, horror, and exploitation videos. We will ship any title you order but we will not be held responsible if your customs department confiscates these tapes. Please know customs policies before ordering, we do not offer refunds for confiscated materials that you don’t receive because you did not check into your customs laws. We do not carry banned or illegal material. Do not ask about these types of films, we do not offer them or know of anyone who does.