UK bans PlayStation 'chipping'

[Vincent]

iamaboringperson wrote:
'MOD chips' seem to have no use other than to run pirated software IMO.

Yes and no, the current run of mod chips allow your PS2 to be region free aswell as playing US and Japanese imported games (both PS1 and PS2) and copies.

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Earlier this year, the Italian court ruled that mod chips are legal on the basis that it's up to the user, not Sony, how they use their PS2. It even went so far as to name mod chips as crucial tools to "avoid monopolistic positions".

From here.  That last part is the most interesting thing in the article :-D

[Morley]

Uh-oh....XcopyPro and external diskdrives for the Amiga should have been banned 15 years ago.

Then maybe piracy wouldn't have killed the Amiga :lol:

As for piracy, the extreme piracy and copying of Windows 3.1/3.11 helped Microsoft get to the position they have today.

If it weren't for the modchips available, I would never have got my Xbox. Not because I can play illegal games, but because I use it as a sort of multimedia center in my livingroom, it's crammed with 120GB of mp3's and movies! (cough-cough)