[LINK] Region Locked DVD Drives Illegal?

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Region locking was the basis of the PS2 mod-chipping case, which the 
ACCC eventually won. However, I don't recall any court case involving 
region-locked drives in PCs, and I'm sure that would have gone to court 
if the ACCC had tried to regulate ...

RC

George Bray wrote:

> I've asked the ACCC for guidance, but does anyone know whether it's
> legal to sell a computer with a region-locked DVD drive in Australia?
> I was under the impression that Prof. Fels last hurrah was to strike
> this practice down.
>
>