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I queried ACCC about the region coding on computer DVD players/burners last week. My argument was that most DVD players for TV's are region free, why not the ones made for computers. Answer I got was BS, said it was about copyright protection. The region setting and the CSS are two different systems, even when device is set for region free it has no effect on the copyright protection. He quoted me a case against Sony in 2004 which Sony won, but from memory it was about having CSS on the disks, not the region coding. Its a marketing ploy so they can charge the equivalent of A$10 for a disk in the US and A$25 for it here. He gave me a number for the Aus copyright department, but I've yet to contact them. Probably get the same BS anyway.
Bill
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