HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong company has settled a piracy lawsuit over a device that lets users of Sony's PlayStation play illegally copied games.
Lik Sang International Ltd. has made an unspecified payment to Sony Computer Entertainment. The company and its directors also agreed never to sell the so-called "mod" chips again, Lik Sang director Alex Kampl said.
Last September, Sony sued Lik Sang in Hong Kong for damages allegedly incurred from the sale of mod chips, which are devices that let users of video game consoles play copies of games. A judge ruled in Sony's favor in March, ordering Lik Sang to pay damages, a decision Lik Sang appealed. The appeal has now been dropped, Kampl said.
Lik Sang still faces a similar challenge from Microsoft Corp., which makes the Xbox game console.
Kampl defended his company, saying most of its mod chip buyers used them to play imported games. Both the Xbox and PlayStation are region-specific, meaning consoles made for certain regions can play games issued for those areas only.