Oz court backs Sony PS mod chips (kinda)
Source: The Register
Sony has failed persuade an Australian Federal Court that using modification chips necessarily violates copyright laws.
Honourable Justice Ronald Sackville ruled that Sony had failed to establish that mod chips constituted a "technological protection measure" that protected the copyright of its games software. If mod chips don't protect copyright then selling them does not violate copyright laws, he reasoned.
On this narrow basis the judge rejected the console maker's claim for damages against Sydney businessman Eddy Stevens for supplying mod chips. Stevens, however, was seperately found guilty of selling pirated games, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.
