The Australian Federal court has substantiated that games consoles and DVD players which confine the use of copyright material in geographical regions will not be given special protection under Australian law. Sony had already lost the battle in Australia in October 2005 and had asked the court to interpret parts of Copyright Act dealing with technological prevention measures.
Mod chips are illegal in UK and USA but are legal in other European countries especially in PAL territories. This is good ‘because it’s the consumer who has the right over his console and not the manufacturers. We are surely heading to the land Down Under; they have a good cricket team and now this.