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Australian Commisssion Defends Playstation Mod-Chipping

Posted by chrisd on from the region-coding-is-bad dept.

newt writes "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is intervening in a court case to defend Sony Playstation owners' right to modify their consoles to play imported games. The ACCC is submitting a friend of the court brief, arguing that Sony's regional playback controls are unlawful. This has implications for DVD region zoning too: The ACCC has previously published its concerns about DVD regioning, and its latest press release about this case reiterates the problems presented to Australian consumers by Sony's practices."

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  1. Only good use for region coding... by arget · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, excuse my American ignorance: do they drive on the left or right side of the road down under?

    In simulators like GT3, realism's important, after all...

  2. Re:Why? by Cruciform · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Ugh. Adbusters gets left in the washroom at work so of course it gets read here, but while some of the points they make are valid they're no less hypocritical than anyone else. The magazine is all flash and no bang, berating anything and everything in the media while using the same tactics to say "Hey, everyone, look at me reading this pretty flash magazine! I'm cool cuz I'm CULTURE JAMMING!" An example would be directions on how to protest at stores by dropping stink bombs in them. That's not a political statement, that's being an asshole.

    Not intended as a troll or a direct attack on previous poster. Just sick of adbusters holier than thou approach. (One plus though is that they DO print letters which put them down for those exact same reasons)

  3. Re:This is +5 Insightful? by CmdrStalin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LOL... when you see +5 insightful on a post like that, you really need a sense of humor on /.

    Personally I'll start worrying once your own drivel gets modded Insightful. The 'Aussie' you're replying to makes a very interesting point; you reply with reactionary bluster and zero argument - how dare ein auslander accurately comment on the pathetic shape that democracy and civil liberties are in under the New Roman Empire. Another myopic, self-obsessed American blowing smoke out his ass... you guys are a dime a dozen.

    If you love your country.. fix it.