PS3 hacks

[rthompson80819]

Sony has launched legal action against hackers who uncovered and published security codes for the PlayStation 3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12171423

Interesting to see how this turns out.

[Geek-9pm]

rthompson80819, Thank you so much for the story.
Before I read the story I had an idea, but upon reading it I saw there is more involved here that just the copyrights of Sony. And no, I am not defending copyright infringement. One has to read the story very carefully. This may hurt Sony if they are overly aggressive.

[BC_Programmer]

I think Nintendo v. Tengen may have set a precedent that will no doubt be used in that case.

[Geek-9pm]

I think Nintendo v. Tengen may have set a precedent that will no doubt be used in that case.

You must be referring to this:

Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.
.......
Tengen faced another court challenge with Nintendo in 1989 in copyright controversy over Tetris. Tengen lost this suit as well and was forced to recall what was estimated to be hundreds of thousands of unsold cartridges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_%28company%2

But here is a more recent item from the UK.

Nintendo v Playables - the latest modchip case considered
Posted on 12.8.10 by Jas Purewal
Nintendo v Playables, the UK High Court decision on modchips delivered last week, was not a groundbreaking decision. It simply reinforces the fact that previous caselaw has already found that the sale and distribution of modchips breaches UK copyright laws and is therefore illegal. So, this decision did not make modchips illegal for the first time under UK law.  It is still an important decision, however, because it forms part of a continuing move in the US/UK towards outlawing modchips altogether – an approach which is not shared in certain other countries, particularly in Europe ...
http://www.gamerlaw.co.uk/2010/08/nintendo-v-playables-latest-modchip.html

But the  PS3 hacks suit in this topic is aimed at individuals , not competitors.

[BC_Programmer]

You must be referring to this

No. I'm not. I'm referring to Tengen's circumvention of the 10NES chip.