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PS3 Jailbreak Now Legal In Spain

Posted by Soulskill on from the setting-a-precedent dept.

deek writes "Spanish gamer site NicaGamerz.com have reported that it's now legal to sell the PS3 Jailbreak modchip in Spain (Google translation of Spanish original). According to the article, one reason for the legal ruling is because Sony removed the ability to run GNU/Linux on the console. One can only wonder if Sony will soon rush out a firmware update that will re-enable the OtherOS feature, and appeal the court decision. Oh the irony of that thought. The legal ruling was made on the 13th December (Google translation). There are only 5 days to appeal, starting from that date."

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  1. Pressing Questions by polyp2000 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Would this mean that sony can no-longer lock out users of modded PS3s from things like the Store , etc? As , that was a feature that was also removed if the user continues to make use of the OtherOS function ?

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  2. Great news for Europe by Xest · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Great news for Europe as a whole, due to our common market importing these from Spain means they wont face customs checks.

    Sounds like Spain will make a good distribution base for them.