On Tuesday 06 June 2006 13:14, jason king <pizza@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> > This also means that we must be able to create, buy and sell devices or
> > services to do these things: region-free DVD players, and other
>
> wasn't region coding meant to be illegal due to UN resolutions , or
> australian law? If it is, its worth explicitly pointing this out in a
> petition.
I believe that the ACCC ruled that region encoding was an anti-competitive
practice, since it disallowed the viewing of foreign DVDs on localised
(Region 4) players. Consequently, many DVD players sold in Australia are
either regionless (Region 0) or are easily unlocked.
Incidentally, the same stance was taken in Australia in regards to modchips
for games consoles (most notably the PlayStation 2). The modchips were
determined to be legal since they could be used to play games legitimately
purchased overseas.
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