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Australian Federal Court Finds Mod Chips Not Illegal

Posted by michael on from the mail-order dept.

Friendless writes "In contrast to the story earlier this week about the Ottawa man who was jailed for selling and installing mod chips, the the Australian ABC reports that the Australian Federal Court has found that installing mod chips is not illegal, because Sony failed to prove that a copyright protection measure was installed in the PlayStation in the first place. Here is the full judgement."

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  1. Oh great, by TooTallFourThinking · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Aren't we buying the hardware, and thus can do whatever we want with it. If not, can we return the hardware after we are done with it for a full refund?

    "Yes, I've played all the games on the Playstation One. It was quite good. Can I have my money back now?"

    It seems Sony is getting the best of both worlds. They sell us the hardware and they tell us what we can or can't do with it. Doesn't sound very fair use with me, even if a copy protection scheme is introduced.