> Under New Zealand copyright law, DVD region codes and the mechanisms in DVD players to enforce them have no legal protection
I have a vague recollection of it not being possible to buy region locked DVD players in New Zealand, but I may be incorrect, or the law may have been changed.
I'm pretty sure it's been possible to buy them in the past (certainly PS2's were region locked by default) but it was also pretty easy to get a region-free player if you wanted.
Also, I suspect they may have legal protection now; I was under the impression that the poxy copyright amendment bill of a couple of years ago added something along those lines, but I don't remember specifically enough to be sure (since I no longer live in NZ it's a bit less relevant).
> Under New Zealand copyright law, DVD region codes and the mechanisms in DVD players to enforce them have no legal protection
I have a vague recollection of it not being possible to buy region locked DVD players in New Zealand, but I may be incorrect, or the law may have been changed.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code