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Chip a Playstation, Go to Jail

Posted by chrisd on from the do-not-pass-go dept.

perogiex writes "A man in Ottawa was convicted of selling and installing mod chips out of his computer store. Sony is overjoyed, man is less than thrilled. This is the first time such a case was tried in Canada." From the article: Garby said he didn't know he was committing a crime and would have never gotten involved in selling mod chips if he had known the law. Update: 07/24 21:53 GMT by M : Headline corrected; it's clearly mod chips for the original Playstation, not the Playstation 2.

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  1. mmmm, krispy kreme... by wiredog · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    The one true doughnut.

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  2. Re:uh by QueefChief · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm scratching my head too. How the hell are you getting modded up?

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  3. Re:Stood the test of trial... by QueefChief · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    -1 Flamebait. Just because I don't have points doesn't mean I can't mod.

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  4. Re:Why? by sysadmn · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ding, Dong - you're wrong.
    Google "Doctrine of First Sale".

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  5. Re:Ignoratia legis neminem excusat by wiZd0m · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ignorantia legis neminem excusat

    If you want to look educated, the least you can do is spell it right.

  6. The Book of Persecution by donpardo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In which Gord is arrested.

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