PS2 Mod Chips Legal In Australia

Buccaneer-American writes "Over here on Groklaw, PJ is reporting that PS2 mod chips are now legal in Australia. The highest Australian court decided in Stevens v. Sony to overturn a lower court ruling that PS2 mod chips were 'technological protection measures' which would run afoul of the Australian DMCA-equivalent. Because they do not protect copyrights per se, but are rather region coding devices, they were ruled to be regional coding devices. In short, we have Sony to thank for being a loser yet again and establishing some of our rights in case law, albeit sometimes inadvertantly." The High Court's decision is online, with some legal commentary from the Australian court. More coverage of this story available at The Age and SMH.

Comments

Australian Courts Making Sense?

[ryg0r]

This is a sign of the apocalypse. Forget the earthquakes, and the hurricanes, the wars and rumours of wars. Don't worry about the floods, droughts and famine. Aussie courts are making sense! The end is nigh!

Convert to the Call of Cthulhu while you can!

Re:Australian Courts Making Sense?

[SpacePunk]

Perhaps Sony missed a payment?

Why Sony?

[zegebbers]

Nobody thanks me for being a loser yet again!
(j/k) :P

Re:Tomorrow's headline...

[Xarius]

"Sony to stop distribution of PS2 in Australia, citing quality control issues"

Sorry, you seem to have slipped the word quality in there by accident.