SCEE Wins in Ruling Against Mod Chips
Posted by malebolgia on 22 July 2004 - 14:48 · 5 comments & 1279 views
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#1 Posted by craybox on 22 Jul 2004 - 15:03
- Well this is bad new if only for the fact that the Mod chips may now be more expensive
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#2 Posted by loveless642 on 22 Jul 2004 - 17:30
- wow, some people are so ignorant . . .
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#3 Posted by JohnO on 22 Jul 2004 - 18:03
- psh
like this is going to stop us from buying a xecuter 3?
HA!
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#4 Posted by tiddlie on 22 Jul 2004 - 19:47
- So isnt sony now breaking our rights as consumer to keep a backup copy of the game? Way i see it they either have to let us chip to play backups, or supply 2 copys of the disk now?
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#5 Posted by Spamcan on 22 Jul 2004 - 21:03
- A bit too late, now you can get HD Loader and copy PS2 games to a hard drive without any internal modification. Though I don't know if thats avalible in Europe yet..
Sony has scored a huge victory in the war against mod chips in Europe. A judge in the British High Court ruled the sale of mod chip devices for the PlayStation 2 to be illegal, under the implementation of the new European Union Copyright Directive.
The case was brought to courts against David Ball, who sold approximately 1,500 Messiah 2 mod chips that allowed users to play imported and pirated PlayStation 2 games. The presiding judge ruled that Ball had acted unlawfully in selling the chips, and said that the use, possession, or advertisement of the chips was also illegal.
"This case, together with the recent successful criminal case against chippers in Belgium, confirms in the clearest possible terms that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has the right to protect the illegal infringement of our intellectual property rights, and those of third party game developers," said SCEE president David Reeves. "We are sending a clear message to manufacturers and distributors of mod chips throughout the PAL territories that we will continue to pursue legal action against them."
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