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Sony Loses Aussie Playstation Suit
Mon Jul 29,10:06 AM ET

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australia's consumer watchdog on Monday hailed a Federal Court decision giving Sony PlayStation owners the right to modify their consoles to play imported and copied games.



The Australian subsidiary of Sony was suing Sydney man Eddy Johnson for selling and installing modifications to its PlayStation machines, claiming his actions breached copyright laws.

Johnson was adding a computer chip to the Australian-made consoles which gave owners the chance to play games bought from anywhere in the world, or authorized copies they had made themselves as a backup for the purchased game.

Without such a chip, the coding in PlayStation means it will play games only from the region in which the machines are manufactured.

Late Friday, the Federal Court in Melbourne ruled Sony's region coding system

 

That's cool. Does that mean we can legally get out Playstations chipped now too to play the Japanese games??

 

only if you're in australia

 

That's

 

How 'bout if Mark answers the phone "G'day!"? Does that count?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by magician
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How 'bout if Mark answers the phone "G'day!"?

 

only if he says "CRICKEY!!! G'day mate!"

[QUOTE]Originally posted by magician
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How 'bout if Mark answers the phone "G'day!"?

 

Actually, I already know of a place that will chip a Playstation 2. Just wanted to see if it is legal or not.

I'll put another shrimp on the barbie for ya.

 

Flamin' Nora

 

bleedin' justice system...