Mod chips legal
That’s it, ladies and gentlemen, it’s over: the High Court has ruled that mod chips for video game consoles are legal. All six judges of the High Court held that widely used mod-chips are legal and that playing a game on a consumer’s machine does not constitute an illegal copy.
This effectively clarifies that using mods to get around regional coding is legal — something important to consumers of video games and with clear ramifications for DVDs.
Pirated games, of course, are illegal. But mod chips are a legitimate technology.
October 6th, 2005 at 23:00
Also covered by Groklaw.
October 7th, 2005 at 05:05
I like playing PS & PS2 games, but they never release the good ones in Australia. Like the epic masterpiece XENOGEARS. Released in 1998, and we’re still waiting…
October 10th, 2005 at 23:28
Does this mean we’ll be able to purchase them from reputable dealers sometime soon?
I can’t see the ‘Wizards promoting them too heavily…