Whoot!
So the instruction manual that came with my DVD player says it won't play DVDs without a region lock. Now I have a few DVDs that I bought on the streets of Moscow at Izmailova. This means that they're all rated ARRRRRRR! for "you better believe that's pirated." This includes my LotR DVDs. But after I finished watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail I REALLY wanted to watch Fellowship of the Ring, so I put it in just on a whim - it's WORKING! Either the manual lied, or whoever ripped it left the region lock on it/managed to hack code it for all regions. Rock on! Still wanna get legal copies, though, I have a thing for bonus features...