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    cutting off their nose to save their face...
    FACT importers promote sales of consoles in home regions.

    i bought my PSP on laucnh in USA. i showed it to so many friends who all went wow! they are not as savvy as me and 8 out of 10 of them decided to just wait for the UK release as it was less hassle (in their mind). my import helped generate a feeling of buzz that meant by the time the UK release was here, they were ready to buy immediately.

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    My advice to Lik-sang - Just ignore the damn judge. Lik-sang is in hong-kong, the court case was in the UK. Lik-sang should only be subject to hong kong laws.

    That would be like the United States finding amsterdam citizens guilty of statutory $#@!, because the age of consent is lower there than in the US. It doesn't matter. They are subject to the laws of their host nation.

    Sony just wanted to be bossy, and they got lucky enough to find a judge who agreed with them. No, sony doesn't give a damn about "protecting the european buyers". After all, they label their systems with the NTSC/J label. If someone from outside that region wants to buy one, then it is the seller's responsibility to remind them of the necessary power converter. Sony's hands would be clean in the matter. No, I sincerely believe that this court case was all about control.

    It has happened before, and it will happen again. When a game company stops being an underdog, it starts being an asshole. Then it loses popularity and goes back to being an underdog. Remember, even nintendo was cruel and unfair when it was king; and sega gained too much confidence from the genesis. NEC did so well in japan that they never saw the need to truly make an effort in the american market. Undoubtedly, if sony does not mend its assholish ways, it will find itself in an underdog spot long before the ps4 comes out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Synthesis
    How about reading the article first?

    I don't think you get it, it is illegal. I really wish people stop going "ofmg $0ny = b@tardzzz" because at the end of day, Lik-Sang broke the law and have had the appropriate actions taken against them.
    It is not illegal. In fact, Grey Importing in EU is highly reccomended. Grey Importing, in reference to the Grey Market, is legal in most every country.

    Afraid to say it, but this suit has no basis in law; as I said, grey importing is legal with the exception to motor vehicles(in some countries; in others its legal):

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_import

    Sony is just doing this because they want to keep the Europeans from getting PS3s until March. But thats alright folks, Sony doesn't want you to buy from a legitimate online exporter, and would rather you get scammed out of your money on Ebay.

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    I don't know much about UK law, but this seems like such a questionable ruling that it will surely be overturned. The question is whether this ruling will be overturned before the official european launch date.

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    Quote Originally Posted by F9zDark
    It is not illegal. In fact, Grey Importing in EU is highly reccomended. Grey Importing, in reference to the Grey Market, is legal in most every country.

    Afraid to say it, but this suit has no basis in law; as I said, grey importing is legal with the exception to motor vehicles(in some countries; in others its legal):

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_import

    Sony is just doing this because they want to keep the Europeans from getting PS3s until March. But thats alright folks, Sony doesn't want you to buy from a legitimate online exporter, and would rather you get scammed out of your money on Ebay.
    So, a multi-million dollar company is prepared to take legal action against a another company, that is doing something legal?

    Sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Synthesis
    So, a multi-million dollar company is prepared to take legal action against a another company, that is doing something legal?

    Sure.
    The fact that you don't believe its possible just shows how naive you really are. I don't know the motives behind this(even though I can speculate); but grey importing has been legal for a long time; as I said, the only items that grey importing is not legal is cars(namely to the US; which makes it a federal crime to have a vehicle that does not adhere to EPA standards).

    The fact that Sony took Lik-Sang to court in the UK seems to indicate that Sony is just trying to 'protect' its future European market.

    But as I said earlier, its all for null; Sony makes money from Lik-Sang selling PS3s as they would if EB-Games was selling PS3s. Unless of course Sony plans to drop a price increase on the European market to make up for lost revenue (which wouldn't surprise me).

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    [QUOTE=F9zDark]The fact that you don't believe its possible just shows how naive you really are. I don't know the motives behind this(even though I can speculate); but grey importing has been legal for a long time; as I said, the only items that grey importing is not legal is cars(namely to the US; which makes it a federal crime to have a vehicle that does not adhere to EPA standards).

    Lik Sang's sales of Sony PSP Consoles illegal, according to London High Court Judge

    im happy being naive than the other choise ,looks like you were wrong F9zDark. sorry you cant be a spy .

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    Thumbs down And the S#@t keeps rolling

    After working for Sony for quite some time, I was fully "married" to their products for their egde technology, relialability & great quality; But with actions like this and all the Sh&* we have seen before from them; I cannot avoid to feel frustated and disapointed for Sony. It looks like Sony try to compensate their last marketing fiascos (and some quality accidents they had) and just focus on F*&%ing people around the world .... it looks like ..... Bill Gates took over the company or some greedy Ba%$#@D!!!! ...... If the deceased Mr. Akio Morita (one of the two founders of the company) knew about this he would be rolling on his grave just now.

    He always tryied to provide to the consumers a good and quality product at a good price, He never craved for LOTS of money.. that was never his agenda.

    I see this and detect a HUGE mistake from Sony. IF you cut and restrict the market you are Toast; I agree that if from one region to another there are some TECHNICAL restrictions; what happened to GLOBAL products? SOny was pionner making products that work on any voltage zone; among other requierements ..... and if SO; only by REQUESTING IMPORTERS (or in this case the Seller) that MUST warn their customers of the potential problems they may face when buying a product from overseas, or just directly inform the consumers about the "potential" problems of such practices ...
    BUT Suing and forcing by the use of law only creates negative image of SONY. NOW they are one step closer to be as hated as Mr. Gates .....

    Trully disapointing ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by F9zDark
    The fact that you don't believe its possible just shows how naive you really are. I don't know the motives behind this(even though I can speculate); but grey importing has been legal for a long time; as I said, the only items that grey importing is not legal is cars(namely to the US; which makes it a federal crime to have a vehicle that does not adhere to EPA standards).

    Lik Sang's sales of Sony PSP Consoles illegal, according to London High Court Judge

    im happy being naive than the other choise ,looks like you were wrong F9zDark. sorry you cant be a spy .
    Spy? Its not being a spy, its being intelligent. Rather than accept blindly what happens, call it into question.

    Why a London judge is telling a CHINESE company how to do business is absolutely ridiculous and sets a terrible precedent for the import game industry in the future.

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    what happen to freedom of trade? fudge i knew i shouldnt of paid attention in history class since it seems to be useless.

    so does that mean a ebay lawsuit is coming next?

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