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Sony PlayStation 3 Imports Temporarily Banned In Europe

Posted by Roblimo on from the acrimonious-patent-battles dept.

tekgoblin writes "Looks like Sony is in some trouble in Europe. LG recently complained about Sony and filed a US patent dispute over their Blu-ray technology. Now they have been granted a preliminary injunction in the matter in Europe. This injunction prevents the PlayStation 3 from currently being imported to Europe. For at least the next 10 days, every PlayStation that is imported will be seized by government officials."

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  1. Now slap them with tax evasion by Khyber · · Score: 0, Troll

    After all they included OtherOS to be able to claim it as a general purpose computer and avoid a tax.

    Now its gone. Bet they're still not paying that tax to the EU.

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    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
  2. Anyone else.. by nukem996 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Did anyone else read the title and got their hopes up about the EU banning the PS3 because they took away the OtherOS option?

  3. Re:Star Wars Is Fiction by GNious · · Score: -1, Troll

    On the other hand, the five year old PS3 remains feature competitive with high end DVD and Blu-Ray players.

    Unless noise and heat are features, no, not really

    It supports 1080p Netflix streams with 5.1 theater surround sound.

    If you are one of the world's 5% that can access this, yes.

    It supports Hulu Plus in HD.

    If you are one of the world's 5% that can access this, yes.

    It supports Sony's new Music Unlimited service. 6 million tracks. $4-$10/mo.

    If you are one of the world's 5% that can access this, yes.

    --- and it plays games.

    Unless you want to use the hardware in any way not sanctioned by Sony.

    *sigh*