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Posted by Martin van derPoel on 01/12/07 13:46
Hi there,
I do not know about the legality of region coding, but I do know that here
in Australia the DVD manufactures are unable to prevent the sale of DVD
players that have the region coding defeated in one way or another.
For example when I bought my Philips DVD player a few years back it came
with a slip of paper that had the instructions on how to defeat the region
coding.
Dick Smiths, an electronics retailer, sold a portable DVD player last year
and it had instructions on its website on how to turn off the region stuff.
I believe the region coding in DVD players can not be enforced in Australia
as it contravenes the "Trades Practices" act (law).
Regards,
Martin
"nobody" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:45a26eed$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Aren't there laws banning "Any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
> preference based on race, colour, ethnic or national origin".
>
> Region coding excludes people based on national origin. It also allows
> preference based on national origin (if the same company charges a large
> amount more for a region 2 title than it does for the region 1 title).
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