The Sony Playstation2 mod chip case, Sony v Stevens, is heading for the Australian High Court, scheduled to be heard in March 2005.

"Last year Sony Computer Entertainment successfully sued a Sydney-based mod-chip trader Eddy Stevens, claiming he contravened the Copyright Act by selling and installing chips for Sony Playstation machines.

Mod chips allow users to overcome Playstation's security system so they can play pirated or copied games, legitimate gamed bought more cheaply outside Australia, or make personal back-up copies...

...Last year Sony Computer Entertainment successfully sued a Sydney-based mod-chip trader Eddy Stevens, claiming he contravened the Copyright Act by selling and installing chips for Sony Playstation machines.
Mod chips allow users to overcome Playstation's security system so they can play pirated or copied games, legitimate gamed bought more cheaply outside Australia, or make personal back-up copies."