Well its all over the IRC and its posted everywhere that Sony lost.<br /><br />Here is a extract from another source:<br /><br />Sony loses Australian copyright case<br />From CNet news.com :<br /><br />" Sony has suffered a setback in its international fight against "mod chips" that enable its PlayStation video game machines to play illegally copied games.<br /><br />A federal judge in Australia ruled Friday that mod chips sold for the original PlayStation do not infringe on Sony copyright protections under Australian laws, which are similar to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The decision comes a week after a Canadian man was sentenced to probation and fined $17,000 for selling mod chips and pirated games for Sony's PlayStation 2."