I've always been amazed at how crappy various forms of region locking are -- DVD's and game consoles come to mind. It's not necessarily bad news for the compan

I've always been amazed at how crappy various forms of region locking are -- DVD's and game consoles come to mind. It's not necessarily bad news for the company: Making your customers purchase the same product multiple times sounds like a great business model, if you can get consumers to accept it. Which people generally do, unfortunately.