[FYI] Attack of the Mod Squads

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/27834.html

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Attack of the Mod Squads  

By Mark Rasch, SecurityFocus Online  

Posted: 30/10/2002 at 07:55 GMT  

On September 16, 2002, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo filed a lawsuit 
against Hong Kong distributor Lik Sang International Ltd, in the High 
Court of Hong Kong, alleging that the company had infringed 
copyrights associated with their various gaming systems.  

In response, the company shut down, and when it came back up three 
weeks later, it was no longer selling mod chips. The affair is the 
strongest demonstration yet of how gaming manufacturers -- with the 
cooperation of various government agencies -- are cracking down not 
just on copyright infringement, but also on basic technology itself.  

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