Monday, October 29th 2007
Court Convicts Man of Selling and Possessing Mod Chips
Apparently, creating, owning, and selling computer chips that modify gaming consoles is very illegal in Britain. A certain Neil Stanley Higgs, who goes by "Mr. Modchips", was found guilty of 26 offenses of "advertising, possessing, supplying, and selling mod chips." The chips Mr.Modchips was selling themselves seem harmless enough, all they do is allow someone to remotely activate or disable a console. Mr. Modchips was found by the court to have made selling the modchips a very lucrative venture, and had made over £1,000,000 just from selling them. Mr.Modchips plans to appeal the decision.
Source:
Reg Hardware
9 Comments on Court Convicts Man of Selling and Possessing Mod Chips
Can't believe he is being busted!
In the USA that would have been laughed out of court.