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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. Region 1 4Evah!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Eat it you Aussie fucks.

  2. its a fact... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    9 out of 10 aussies are direct descendents of prison colonists.

    its a fact.

  3. Australia? You've got to be kidding. by Lemmy+Caution · · Score: 3, Troll

    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.

  4. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Australians need to be told *why* because they are usually to drunk/stupid to figure it out for themselves ya jackass!

  5. Re:Why? by tcd004 · · Score: 1, Troll

    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

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