Sony wins Australian mod-chip case

According to Australian IT, the decision by a federal court could hike up the cost of computer games and music CDs.

The original case found that Eddy Stevens hadn't acted illegally by distributing mod chips for the Playstation. Mod chips allow copy protection measures to be avoided and also break region codes used by Sony to sell Playstations.

But at Sony's appeal yesterday, the judges overturned the original verdict. Lawyers in Australia believe that the implications of the success for Sony could mean copyright owners can enforce DVD encoding and CD copy protection. µ

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Australian IT