[Free-sklyarov-uk] Modchips ruled legal in Australia.

[Martin Keegan]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Dan Ackroyd wrote:

> "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission disputed the alternative
> theory advanced by the applicants, namely that the protective device was
> designed to prevent or inhibit the infringement of copyright that would
> otherwise occur by reasons of a substantial portion of the computer program
> on the PlayStation game being reproduced in the console's RAM. 

This is superb news. It adds a lot of weight to the economic arguments
against the EUCD.

Mk