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Ballmer: Mod chips threaten Xbox
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said the company may pull its Xbox game console from the Australian market because of a court decision that legitimises "mod chips" for hackers, an Australian newspaper has reported.
[October 22, 2002, 7:49]
Sony wins landmark case against mod chips
News Sony had brought its case against David Ball, a UK citizen, who was accused of selling some 1,500 mod chips. We are sending a clear message to manufacturers and distributors of mod chips throughout the PAL territories that we will continue to...
[July 22, 2004, 14:10]
Aussie court backtracks on mod chips
News Justice Sackville found that the technology that the mod chips disable could not be classed as a copy protection measure as it also prevented legal activity such as playing back-up copies of legally acquired games.
[July 31, 2003, 16:19]
Sony wins landmark case against mod chips
Talkback Perhaps people do use mod chips so they can play cheaper versions, as the critics say. I* would use them, if I had them, to get around the regional restrictions that prevent me from playing games Sony doesn't port to US consoles.
[July 23, 2004, 16:17]
PS2 mod chips legal in Australia
News Australia's competition watchdog has welcomed a federal judge's finding that Sydney-based Eddy Stevens had not contravened section a116A of the Copyright Act by selling "mod chips", which enable gamers to circumvent copy protection technology...
[July 29, 2002, 8:34]
Back in business - but without mod chips
News Lik-Sang was one of the world's leading suppliers of "mod chips," add-ons for game consoles that defeat security systems in the machines, allowing them to play legally and illegally copied game discs, play import games and run homemade software.
[October 16, 2002, 9:10]
Sony wins landmark case against mod chips
Talkback It's Just bloody prive fixing hiding behind copyiright. Stop letting the companies regionilise and we can all start stopping the money going to criminal organisations. Remove the econoic arguement for piracy.
[July 25, 2004, 14:19]
Sony wins landmark case against mod chips
Talkback I believe that regional encoding is not a copyright issue but an arbitrary sales strategy of movie industries including Sony as one of leading members. Imagine when we feel our domestic wine is not tasty, we can try imported quarity wine from...
[July 22, 2004, 20:17]
Australian body calls for mod-chip legalisation
Talkback "However, the mod chips also allow gaming enthusiasts to bypass features of their game consoles that block access to pirated game discs. We would love to use the mod chips for a couple of good reasons.
[June 22, 2004, 14:46]
Australian body calls for mod-chip legalisation
News The Australian Consumers Association on Monday recommended legalising the use of mod chips as it cautiously greeted a recent proposal to introduce a levy on digital recording media and devices. Britton said the proposal behoved authorities to...
[June 21, 2004, 10:00]
Microsoft to target Xbox hackers
News Microsoft may backtrack on an earlier pledge not to use its Xbox Live online gaming service to crack down on "mod chips" -- chips that modify the Xbox console so it can run copied game discs and unlicensed software.
[September 6, 2002, 13:26]
Aussie mod-chip veto criticised
News The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decried a ruling by the Federal Court that mod chips designed to circumvent copy protection features on gaming consoles are illegal. Earlier this week Sony won an appeal which saw the Federal...
[August 1, 2003, 12:05]
Xbox mod chip discontinued
News One of the companies making Xbox "mod chips" -- add-on components that modify the game machine so it can run illegally copied discs and homemade software -- has gone out of business, possibly because of legal pressure from Microsoft.
[June 27, 2002, 8:36]
Microsoft takes out Xbox hacker
News Microsoft appears to have shut down one of the world's largest distributors of "mod chips" -- grey-market add-ons that allow Microsoft's Xbox and other video game consoles to play pirated games. Lik Sang was one of the top worldwide retailers of...
[October 3, 2002, 14:05]
Black-market tool for Xbox mod squad
News Another "mod chip" that allows Microsoft's Xbox video game console to play copied games has entered the market, despite renewed legal efforts to thwart such chips. Mod chips are black-market add-ons that typically have to be soldered to the main...
[August 8, 2002, 13:55]
Sony mod-chip lawsuit leaves DVDs in the clear
News A UK High Court ruling in Sony's favour against a company that made mod-chips for the PlayStation2 will have big consequences for the games industry, but multi-region DVD players are unlikely to be affected, according to lawyers involved in the case.
[January 25, 2002, 17:29]
Mod-chipped Xbox 'can't play Xbox Live' - Microsoft
News Microsoft has finally launched its Xbox Live online gaming service in Asia, but it faces a challenge in the region due to the prevalence of mod chips. The company has changed the Xbox configuration, sued a leading mod chip distributor, and used its...
[November 13, 2003, 9:20]
Australians make Xbox hack freely available
News Mod chips are gray-market add-ons that, once soldered onto the main circuit board of a video-game console, bypass security systems in the machines. Mod chips have been an irritant for game companies for years, but Microsoft has been particularly...
[June 25, 2003, 14:27]
Xbox mod chip delivers 'homebrew software'
News Three other Xbox mod chips are also in development. Most of the mod chips promise similar functions based on disabling copy-protection features built into the Xbox. The makers of the Xtender, the Enigma and the Messiah mod chips did not respond to...
[May 29, 2002, 14:34]
'Mod' squad hacks away at Xbox
News Like mod chips that have proliferated for other game consoles, including Sony's market-leading PlayStation2, the Xbox chips disable security features built into the console. The Xbox mod chips also allow hackers to run PC-flavoured software on the...
[June 19, 2002, 8:38]
