Australian Crackdown On Console Modchips Likely To Continue 89
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from the all-over-down-under dept.
from the all-over-down-under dept.
angry tapir writes "Late last week an Australian court issued an injunction against a handful of retailers selling or importing hardware — commonly known as 'mod chips' — that allows unauthorized software to run on Sony's PlayStation 3. The court also required that the four parties that were the subject of the injunction actually hand over to Sony any PlayStation modchips they have. Sony's PlayStation 3 mod chip lawsuit could be just the first of many such cases in Australia, according to a lawyer who defended a client against Nintendo in a similar case earlier this year."
If you really want to go against it (Score:3, Interesting)
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Re:What's With Australia? (Score:3, Interesting)
You make very good points but just FYI Joe Biden is our current VP. Compared to McCain, who recently sold his soul to keep his senate seat, Biden has yet to do anything really 'bad'.
Biden actually aside from often sticking his foot in his mouth is actually a pretty down to earth guy. So, again especially in light of what McCain has done lately, to put him in the same sentence with McCain is a bit unfair.
All that being said the right has been going nuts here in the US with its propaganda like we have never seen before. We have a lot of our own issues to deal with and what I see sometimes here is some projection when people from the US ask, "Hey what is going on with and your right wing wacos?!"