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Modchips to be banned in Australia.
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Saturday, 23-December-2000 03:21:12 (GMT +10) - by Sciby
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Well, modchips have been around for a while, mainly for the original Playstations, but they've surfaced for a few other consoles, including my beloved Dreamcast. But it seems modchips will soon have to be hidden away under counters and passed around in back alleyways if this turns out to be true.
To follow up on the recent post about Sony cracking down on Piracy in Australia, Modchips and other devices will also soon be banned in Australia.
The recently formed Digital Agenda Bill,covers copyright and other
issues concerning digital mediums.
Its pretty long and boring, but here's a small quote: "manufacture and dealings in devices with a limited commercially
significant purpose other than the circumvention of these technological protection measures will be prohibited"
The bill will come into affect in March 2001.
We were given a website, http://www.copyright.org.au as the source for this information, and here's the Digital Agenda Bill itself. (You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader) The point we're concerned with is right in the overview, 3rd item down in Major Points. Hmmm... normally with large items of interest like this, we'd say something witty like "salt, one grain thereof, consume" or whatever, but this looks quite legit.
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