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Category — Piracy Cases
Pandora’s Cube Pirate Sentenced
Categories: Criminal Convictions • Modding Cases • Piracy Cases
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland hands out a four-month jail sentence to an employee of Pandora's Cube, a major retailer of pirated software and modified consoles in the Washington, DC area.
Sources: Next Generation | ign.com | Gamespot | Team Xbox | Softpedia
Related Posts:
- Maryland Video Game Pirate Sentenced (September 16, 2005)
- Pandor's Cube Pirate Sentenced (July 27, 2005)
- Xbox-Modding Retailers Plead Guilty to DMCA Violations (June 7, 2005)
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Del.icio.us United Kingdom Convicts For XBox Modding Piracy
Categories: Criminal Convictions • Modding Cases • Piracy Cases
A 22 year old Cambridge university graduate has become the first ever person in the UK to be convicted for the illegal modification of video game consoles, alongside more conventional game piracy charges, following a trial at Caerphilly Magistrates Court in Wales.
Source: Gamasutra | BBC | Pocket-Lint
ELSPA Announces Counterfeit GBA Game Crackdown
Categories: Piracy Cases • Police Actions
The UK's ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) has announced that a 40 year old Birmingham woman has been arrested for importing counterfeit Game Boy Advance cartridges and selling them on eBay.
Sources: Gamasutra | GameIndustry.biz
Alleged Game Pirates Nabbed in Nintendo sting
Categories: Piracy Cases • Police Actions
More than 60,000 pirated copies of Nintendo Co. game consoles were seized Wednesday during raids in New York and New Jersey, prosecutors announced.
Sources: MSNBC | Always On | Gaming Age | DreamStation.cc
Record 3.5 Year Prison Sentence for UK Game Pirate
Categories: Criminal Convictions • Piracy Cases • Police Actions
A 45 year old man in South Wales was sentenced to the longest sentence ever imposed by a UK court for game piracy, three and a half years. John Lamb was caught with a counterfeited game inventory estimated at 1/4 Million pounds. He had marketed his pirated games with spam e-mails.
Sources: GameIndustry.biz | ELSPA Press Release | Play.tm
Sony Wins Landmark U.K. Modding Case
Categories: Decisions • Modding Cases • Piracy Cases • Police Actions • Region Coding Cases
The British High Court has ruled that using, possessing, selling or advertising modded PS2 consoles is illegal. Justice Laddie ruled that Ball had violated the European Union Copyright Directive, which came into UK law in 2003. The defendant had sold some 1,500 Messiah 2 chips allowing customers to defeat both the PS2's region coding restrictions and the PS2's built-in piracy protections.
Sources: ZDNet | GameIndustry.biz | The Register | BBC | GamePlanet | Outlaw-com
Some Jurisdictions Require Finger Prints to Sell Video Games
Categories: Modding Cases • Piracy Cases • Police Actions • Retail Sales
Some communities now require anyone selling used video games to give fingerprints for police records. The question is: Why?
Dale's Comment: My guess is its for possible subsequent video game hacking/modding/piracy prosecutions.
Source: GameSpot
Sony Wins U.K. Mod-chip Ruling Against Channel Technology
Categories: Copyright Cases • DMCA-TPM Cases • Import/Export Cases • Modding Cases • Piracy Cases • Police Actions • Region Coding Cases
Channel Technology imported mod-chips from Russia that when installed in PS2's to play games from all regions. Importantly, the chip also allows users to play pirated games. The U.K. High Court found Channel Technology in violation of a provision in the UK. Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 that prohibits knowingly making, importing or selling any device specifically designed or adapted to circumvent copy-protection. Judge Jacob awarded Sony damages of £15,000 and costs of £45,000. Channel Technology has since closed.
Sources: The Register | ZDNet | Out-Law.com
