Australian Commisssion Defends Playstation Mod-Chipping

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."

Comments

Australia? You've got to be kidding.

[Lemmy Caution]

Countries don't have sense. People do. Australia's internet policy is so astoundingly fucked up, and the environment there becoming quite censorious. This one development is a good one, but the civil liberties grass is NOT greener on that side of the Big Lake.

Re:Why?

[tcd004]

I'm familliar with the emotions that lead you to make this post, but you should think a little more carefully before making such rash generalizations. In most countries in the world, you wouldn't even be provided a forum to make such a statement.

Hell, Australia has banned the videogame grand theft auto 3.

In the U.S. banning any form of media on a federal level is nearly (not completely) impossible.

tcd004