Papewaio
10-06-2005, 23:59
Geek clobbers Sony (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16839350-421,00.html)
A BACKYARD electronics geek has won a long-running High Court battle against Japanese electronics giant Sony and struck a blow for computer game fanatics around the country.
The High Court of Australia yesterday backed Sydney man Eddy Stevens to insert "mod" chips into Sony PlayStation consoles, allowing cheap games from overseas and pirated games to be played on Australian machines.
"All I want to do is let the world know that Sony had their arse kicked here," Mr Stevens said yesterday.
About time, regional encoding is anti-competition on not only games but DVDs as well as CDs that cannot be played on multiple devices.
A BACKYARD electronics geek has won a long-running High Court battle against Japanese electronics giant Sony and struck a blow for computer game fanatics around the country.
The High Court of Australia yesterday backed Sydney man Eddy Stevens to insert "mod" chips into Sony PlayStation consoles, allowing cheap games from overseas and pirated games to be played on Australian machines.
"All I want to do is let the world know that Sony had their arse kicked here," Mr Stevens said yesterday.
About time, regional encoding is anti-competition on not only games but DVDs as well as CDs that cannot be played on multiple devices.