Mod Chip Crackdown

US Customs agents recently conducted dozens of raids of homes and businesses to seize mod chips that allow pirated versions of games to be played on gaming consoles. The mod chips were apparently manufactured in other countries and imported into the US.

The US Digital Millennium Copyright Act specifically addresses devices such as mod chips which are used to circumvent copyright protection. Canada’s Copyright Act doesn’t currently prohibit anti-circumvention devices, but it will if proposed amendments to the legislation are passed.

Coverage here (ComputerWorld).