So that's the best advice I can give. Find another PS2 with a modchip (your chip burning friend will surely know to whom he has supplied ...). Or try DVD Region X.

OR:

Do what Willy from Norway did. Send me ONE of the offending disks (prefereably Tony Hawkes) from which you are trying to make a copy. I'll a) try it b) copy it if it works c) try the copy d) send the result back to you.

Send me an e-mail from the button on this post.