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Nitivity
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Thousands PS3 seized
Posted: Mar 10, 2011, 04:50:56
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The battle between LG and Sony,
The police here can actually "confiscate" PS3 within homes....poor PS3 owners.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Dutch-Police-Are-Seizing-siliconalley-744558185.html;_ylt=A0wNc9w9AXhNKLAAbBMSbq9_;_ylu=X3oDMTFlczNmNTBwBHBvcwMxMQRzZWMDbmV3c0h1YkFydGljbGVMaXN0BHNsawNkdXRjaHBvbGljZWE-?x=0

cpnichol
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Re: Thousands PS3 seized
Posted: Mar 10, 2011, 11:07:35
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I'd heard the dispute had led to imports being blocked and held until a settlement is reached. It seems Sony finds itself in these kind of disputes quite a lot, I think there was one with the rumble technology in the controllers when they launched the PS3.

Kind of ironic since they seem to be going after anyone trying to hack the PS3 operating system with the full force of the law. A lot of people are trying to do that for a variety of reasons, one of the main ones being that Sony sold the PS3 saying you would be able to use different operating systems like Linux but then removed that option. Never make the kind of people who want to run Linux on a PS3 mad, it's just not worth it.

I am very surprised to see that police are allowed or are even considering taking PS3s from people's homes. I don't see how that is legally or morally justifiable, it's like saying "you can legally buy this product, but if you do we'll come round your house and confiscate it". Utterly stupid.

shift944
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Re: Thousands PS3 seized
Posted: Mar 11, 2011, 10:29:41
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So how long is it expected until other nations in the EU start confiscating PS3s? As silly as the whole thing sounds if it goes global there's going to be a LOT of people getting upset. Glad I never bought one, I'm quite happy with my perfectly law abiding (afaik) xbox

cpnichol
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Re: Thousands PS3 seized
Posted: Mar 11, 2011, 11:20:57
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Last I heard the embargo or whatever it was has been lifted, though I expect the case will carry on in the courts for a long time.
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