Why is it very likely to e like the PSP?
Consoles have always had region locking, it wont change.
PSP is only like that cause it is portale, same goes for the DS etc.

Region coding sucks let ppl buy the games they want i guess its there to harden piracy.

Not really to make pirating more difficult, but to reduce grey importing.

Anyway, it does suck.

HD-DVD is worse. It's gonna have 17 region codings, which is 2.5 more than the DVDs. And what's really bad is that Alaska will have a different region coding than the lower 48 and Hawaii. Russia will also have two region codings. Looks like a class-action lawsuit waiting to happen.

And best of all, Region coding actually creates piracy, because...

No. 1: Many people will buy foreign players anyways, and people may have a chance to get it sooner or at a cheaper price anyways.
No. 2: It will create work for the pirates, and once cracked, pirates will benefit while it leaves consumers in the cold.
No. 3: Not related to piracy, but region coding is actually illegal by world laws, because it's a violation of free trade laws.

As far as copyrighted works, I think it should be OK to make permanent copies of DVDs you have lawfully purchased for personal use as long as you keep the origional and the copies. I do think that you should watch it on any DVD player you own and anywhere you want, whether I am in Africa, Asia, or South America. But one's thing clear. Mass copying and selling, giving a DVD to your friend to copy, making 20 burns for your friends or at members of a bash party is not cool.