Sony Wins Landmark U.K. Modding Case

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

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