Yes!
the ACCC gets stuck into DVD zoning.
DVD zoning, the quango argues, may breach the Trade Practices Act; a ruling
may require all players sold in Australia to be multi-region (as in New
Zealand).
Now maybe all us Region 4 plebs
can actually get stuff like
The City of Lost Children before waiting
for an exec at Sony to decide that there are enough Australians into quirky
French art films to justify bringing it out in Region 4, without getting it
FedExed from the States at extra expense.
Mind you, if such a ruling comes down, it may well be struck down by one of
those "free trade" treaties that removes governments' rights to interfere with
multinational corporations' profits.