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I'm happy to pay my TV Licence because the BBC is the only channel which provides me with unbiased news (we don't want to end up like the US with one left-wing and one right-wing news channel) and entertainment which is actually entertaining. I don't agree with the strong arm tactics used to make sure people pay however.

I've never had a single problem with copy protected DVD's in either player I have owned. My first was a Bush and my current one is a Toshiba (both region unlocked by remote). You're right though Sy, it seems like a massive waste of time when anyone with internet access can bypass it in a matter of minutes.

Blu-ray... it seems to be going well with the lack of region coding so far (I'm still more annoyed that the Japanese releases aren't containing English subs. Look at those Lupin releases! :cry but the fact that the ability is there worries me. Criterion, who release a lot of good classics are locking their blu-ray releases in the US, which is fine as long as someone else releases them here, but I know there will come a time when there's a Region A only release I want badly. One thing I think is dodgy is that unlike DVD, there don't seem to be any regulations about displaying the region code on the box. Warner's releases are all region free, but unlike Sony (who put a "Regions ABC" on the back) they don't bother to tell you.