In a High Court action yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) won a comprehensive victory against “chipping” of PlayStation games consoles, and were awarded substantial damages against the defendant, Channel Technology.
The presiding judge held that the copy protection that SCEE put on a games disk was intended to prevent or restrict copying of the game. It followed that the “mod chip” was a device designed to circumvent that copy protection. He held that some uses of the “mod chips” would involve copyright infringement and the defendants would have known that. In consequence the sale of the ‘’mod chips’’ would be unlawful.
The presiding judge held that the copy protection that SCEE put on a games disk was intended to prevent or restrict copying of the game. It followed that the “mod chip” was a device designed to circumvent that copy protection. He held that some uses of the “mod chips” would involve copyright infringement and the defendants would have known that. In consequence the sale of the ‘’mod chips’’ would be unlawful.
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