fluffykiwi said:Checked the guardian website and they have no such story. Only shipments in warehouses have been seized, and then only until a decision is made on the claims.
p1ngpong said:The Guardain said yesterday that customs are now taking PS3s from people's home in the Netherlands.fluffykiwi said:Checked the guardian website and they have no such story. Only shipments in warehouses have been seized, and then only until a decision is made on the claims.
The story is slightly misleading. But this may happen.
From the Guardian.
"LG has won a court order enabling it to seize all new PS3 across the Netherlands – including those already in Dutch homes – in a dispute that centres on Sony's allegedly infringing use of Blu-ray technology belonging to LG."
Then the scource needs to be changed, because it clearly says:
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GeekyGuy said:This sounds preposterous! Of course, I live in the U.S., and I don't imagination any such action would be possible here. If true, LG is setting themselves up for some serious blowback. Hackers hating Sony is one thing, but having mainstream audiences loathe you is quite another. I just can't believe they'd be willing to tarnish their PR like that. I think there's more to this story. Maybe they're referring to jailbroken PS3 systems. Either way, "news" from a hacking site should be taken for what it's worth.
Stuff like this should always be taken with a grain of salt, yes they're able of doing it. But it would take something really severe to make them actually do it. Heck if it happened they would debate it as quickly as possible in the house of commons because it's plain madness.
In the terms of service of a lot of consoles it is stated that if you modify it, it may not work properly, fail to work at all, or will be unable for intended use because of updates. Sure, it MIGHT happen, but it has almost never happened. And usually this is because it would take something extreme to let them take such a move.
Another case is TPB, they got sued in the Netherlands and all access from the Netherlands to the site would be blocked. Was it reasonable? Not at all and it was deemed impossible as well, because of proxies. Afterwards the defense never was really represented and some things on the site were actually legal. Thus it never happened at all and we were scared for nothing...
QUOTE(ShadowSoldier @ Mar 10 2011, 12:49 PM) I don't get it. How would customs know if someone has a PS3?
Thanks, I will change the source to that.GeekyGuy said:Here's a more reputable source, and I didn't see any mention of systems being removed from actual homes. They also cite Reuters as the main news source. You don't get more accurate than that.
QUOTE said:Sony appealed the customs blockade, and the court has now lifted the injunction with no more seizures to be applied. LG has also been ordered to pay Sony’s €130,000 in legal fees with an additional €200,000 to be added for each day it fails to pony up the dough.
FOSS Patents owner Florian Mueller said: “If this is true, it is only related to the prejudgment seizure order. This means Sony can resume the distribution of PlayStations across Europe for now, but there will be a full-fledged legal proceeding to determine whether there is an infringement – and if so, how much Sony owes LG for it.”
Last week, LG won an injunction under EU law blocking the import of PS3 units for ten days, as part of the electronics manufacturer’s claim to the BluRay patent, thus stranding hundreds of thousands of consoles in harbors such as Rotterdam and Schiphol.
Trying to hide his PS3 maybeOveneise said:I'm surprised LG has the audacity to do this shit. Wheres Batman when you need him?!