[Discussioni] Modchip per PS2 illegali nel Regno Unito

[Andrea Glorioso]

[ 
  Non sono sicuro che questa mail sia in-topic per discussioni@, anche
  se  in  passato su questa  lista si  e` parlato  di  EUCD, che e` la
  ragione  fondamentale per cui i  modchip per PS2  (e aggeggi simili)
  vengono dichiarati illegali.
]

Ciao a tutti.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/21/ps2_mod_chip_win/

  Judge deems PS2 mod chips illegal in UK

  The  UK High  Court  has   judged  that  the  sale,   advertisement,
  possession for  commercial purposes    and  use  of   PlayStation  2
  modification chips is illegal in this country.

  Under   the  UK's implementation of   the   European Union Copyright
  Directive (EUCD), Europe's  answer  to the controversial  US Digital
  Millennium Copyright Act,  it  is illegal to bypass  copy protection
  mechanisms.  On that basis Mr  Justice  Laddie ruled that David Ball
  had  acted  unlawfully by selling   1500 Messiah 2  mod  chips which
  enabled such circumvention.

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L'articolo riporta anche la sentenza italiana che ha dichiarato legali
i modchip per PS2 [0] e come un "buco" nella legislazione spagnola [1]
li renda di   fatto legali (pur   essendo contrari allo  spirito della
legge in materia).

Ciao,

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        .:: Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia ::.
	      Conquering the world for fun and profit

[0] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/24/italian_court_rules_mod_chips/

    Vedi anche:

    http://lists.perchetopi.org/pipermail/copywhat/2004-January/000322.html
    http://lists.perchetopi.org/pipermail/copywhat/2004-January/000324.html

[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/27/spanish_xbox_modding_ruling/

    «The loophole  exists in  article  270  of the  penal code,  which
    mentions "the manufacture,  distribution or possession of means to
    crack  computer programme security codes".   It does not, however,
    cover "components of video   games    players nor, in     general,
    equipment designed to run image or sound software".»