RuckApr 13th, 2008 - 14:52:22

What a bad 'uninformed' report!

I love the made up quote from a supposed Nintendo staffer.. as if they walk about saying 'Chip it and you brick it' HAHA. Anyone that knows even a little about the mod scene knows thats not true.
Just to clarify fitting a Mod chip to a console in the Uk is not illegal, backing up your OWN games for your OWN use is not illegal.

The report says 'counterfeit' chips? Counterfeits of what? other mod chips?
The mod chips for the Wii do not copy any part of the Nintendo chipset.
So what are they Counterfeits of?
The report is simply wrong and badly researched. If the site was found to contain commercial pirated game disks then there is your story but this report seems to focus on the fitting of the mod chip as being the reason for the raid, which to any one informed know is within the law.

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JohnApr 17th, 2008 - 08:19:51

I have to agree, this isn't an article, it's a dictation from trading standards.

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PapalazApr 30th, 2008 - 20:10:37

Ruck - you're wrong. Don't quote the law when you haven't a clue. Fitting chips is an offence under CDPA.

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DJMarkNov 15th, 2008 - 13:02:38

Copying gmaes is illegal under CDPA. Buying and fitting mod chips isn't yet (in this country).
This remains a grey area unlike some countries (ie Austrailia) that have sided against the consumer and explicitly prohibited it.

In this country you are still entitled to make back up copies of media you legally own, as mod chips enable this they are as yet not specifically illegal.

If the CDPA made mod chips illegal then surely that would extend to cd / dvd burners and even tape to tape copiers?

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