Consoles pirate first convicted.A CAMBRIDGE graduate has become the first person convicted in the UK for illegal modification of a computer games console. The 22-year-old fitted Microsoft Xboxes with a 200GB hard drive and installed 80 games. He then sold them via his own website for pounds 570 - saving players around pounds 3,900 on the retail price. The unnamed graduate was tracked down last October by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) is an organisation set up in 1989 by British software publishers. It was known as The European Leisure Software Publishers Association until 2002. . On Monday he was given 140 hours' community service by Caerphilly Caerphilly (kīrfĭl`ē, kär–), Welsh Caerffili, town (1981 pop. 42,376) and county borough, 108 sq mi (279 sq km), S Wales. magistrates in Gwent and forced to hand over equipment seized, including three Xboxes. Mike Rawlinson of the ELSPA ELSPA European Leisure Software Publishers Association Ltd said: "This marks a milestone in the fight against piracy." The practice, known as chipping, has been illegal since October 2003. |
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