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wolfwings...they've officially gotten some of the most specious, vaguely-worded lawsuits blocking imports successfully.
They've argued successfully that devices should not be able to be imported, not because of copyright or trade secrets, but because the devices may not abide by local requirements.
So no more buying a game system from Japan, for the reason that your local government doesn't trust that game system not to cause a nationwide blackout. No more buying a computer from Hong Kong, because of the same. No more buying a cell phone from Tokyo. Again, it might cause the entire power grid to shut down, or the cell phone towers to explode! That's their reasoning.
This, sadly, means Lik-Sang is gone now.
They've argued successfully that devices should not be able to be imported, not because of copyright or trade secrets, but because the devices may not abide by local requirements.
So no more buying a game system from Japan, for the reason that your local government doesn't trust that game system not to cause a nationwide blackout. No more buying a computer from Hong Kong, because of the same. No more buying a cell phone from Tokyo. Again, it might cause the entire power grid to shut down, or the cell phone towers to explode! That's their reasoning.
This, sadly, means Lik-Sang is gone now.
Yeah...
Date: 2006-10-25 08:08 am (UTC)Nintendo also (aside from a minor outburst claiming otherwise from Nintendo Europe that I feel is more the EU branch not wanting someone to believe Japanese or American Wii's will include all the video output ports common on European systems) figured out that gamers (their market) prefer non-region-coded games, and it also removes the only effective argument for modchips besides piracy.