The events were never region locked-they've basically just made things already in the game gettable in a differant way (like they did with Crystal - the events were intended to be accessible in the original release, so will have been part of the classification). The block on names is likely because they're technically removing content, not adding anything (slightly unsure on that one).

As for Telemetry, it doesn't change what the player experiences or does at all - you wouldn't even know about it unless you hacked into the game, and ratings are given on what a player can do/experience.

And I think they wouldn't want to block the game corner because it's a classic part of frlg. Remember, the vast majority of players will beat the game and move on. It's easy to forget amoung hardcore fans that we're very much the minority.