Piracy effectively legal in the UK!

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Ka-pi96 said:

The Fury said:

They have enough lawyers to find out a way but even if they know they can't win, they can ruin people by just suing. It costs money to form a defence, sometimes more than what the people have. This is the bit that's meant to scare them but this is all just a guess, like you say, maybe they won't bother.

I don't think any company would want to bother with it, it likely won't be worth much to them. Besides I'm sure there was a case a few years ago when Nintendo sued because their games were being emulated and they lost because the European courts said the games had originally been purchased and people could do what they want with it after purchase (or something like that).

I was just going to use that example. Basically, Nintendo sued modders for modding Wii and copying games, and lost. Court said that they have no control over their product past the point of sale. They got their money. In this case, modders were even allowed to make a profit, because they were adding to the value of the console.

Modded X360 consoles were always legally sold in Croatia, as long as the modification was billed and VAT paid for.