Lik-Sang settles out of court over mod chips (Sony)

[Snoopy007]

"Former online retailer Lik Sang International has settled a case brought by Sony Computer Entertainment out of court, undertaking to cease trade in any copyright circumvention devices and paying an undisclosed compensation sum.

The company, which formerly operated the popular online game retail site Lik-Sang.com (now under new ownership and unaffected by this decision), has also agreed to cancel its appeal against the ruling in favour of Sony by Hong Kong's high court in March.

However, it continues to fight similar cases against Nintendo and Microsoft, both of whom were involved in the action against the company in September of last year which won an injunction against it for selling copyright circumvention devices.

According to Lik Sang International, the decision to settle with Sony was taken due to new developments in international law surrounding mod chips and similar devices, as well as for simple financial reasons.

As part of the settlement, Lik Sang International has undertaken not to become involved in the trade of circumvention devices for any Sony products, an undertaking which also covers the publication of information related to Sony's copy protection measures.

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Taken from

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content...e=ret&aid=2140

[Sharker25]

We already new Lik-Sang was in deep shit, but I wonder how much that undisclosed sum of money is...

[fooniman]

damn Sony, damn them!

[Berserker]

Looks like I missed the fun of ordering the modded set from lik-sang..

[fooniman]

modded? lik sang stopped selling mods ages ago..
i actually ordered a NovaChip v2 from them back in the day! came in 3 weeks

[jebjeb]

what does this mean to us usa people
aus's cant do mods anymore china cant do mods

any big usa dealers willing to fight for us?

[Gazdaman]

doubtfull...

Gaz

[ShadowKnyght]

It was made illegal in US way before most other countries as far as I remember - they have just been slack...

Unless I am wrong it is now illegal in almost all western countries.

I.e. US 1st, then UK, then Oz etc!

[Primenal]

I never heard of them actually being illegal in the U.S....

[jebjeb]

Originally posted by Primenal
I never heard of them actually being illegal in the U.S....

well the dmca covers it in a general way
i read that the average person breaks that law 19 times a day
but then again fast forwardign thoguh comercials and previews is also illeagle under the same law and punishable by 5 years in jail and like a $250,000(anytihng that deprives a advertisements rights or something like that i cant remeber the exact wording)

i would love to go behind bill clintion(what a **** head he was)(or any other congress member that signed that bill into law)and do a citizens arrest on his ass for something like that

but no one i know of has actually been taken to court and gotten a ruling on the subject of modchips