Over 450 consoles seized in the UK for modding
A little over 450 consoles and handhelds have been seized from a residential home in the UK for modding. Along with the consoles and handhelds are over 300 pirated games and 5000 “illegal discs”. This marks the largest confiscation of illegal modding and pirating in the UK.
The act was prompted when officials raided a stall in Halifax Market. When they searched the tradesman’s home they found 246 Nintendo Wii consoles, 168 Xbox 360s, 19 PSPs, 12 DS Lites, 6 PlayStation 2s, and 6 PlayStation 3s. The 5000 illegal discs they found amounted to a retail value of £50,000. All of them are now under the possession of the Anti-Piracy Unit of the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA).
Graham Hebblethwaite, chief officer of West Yorkshire Trading Standard, says about the raid:
Copyright crime is driven by greed and causes a loss of millions of pounds to retailers of West Yorkshire and to members of the music and entertainment industry every year. […] The haul of items from this operation should send out a clear warning to individuals involved in the illegal copyright industry that they will dealt with severely. This sort of crime carries a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment.
A little over 450 consoles and handhelds have been seized from a residential home in the UK for modding. Along with the consoles and handhelds are over 300 pirated games and 5000 “illegal discs”. This marks the largest confiscation of illegal modding and pirating in the UK.
The act was prompted when officials raided a stall in Halifax Market. When they searched the tradesman’s home they found 246 Nintendo Wii consoles, 168 Xbox 360s, 19 PSPs, 12 DS Lites, 6 PlayStation 2s, and 6 PlayStation 3s. The 5000 illegal discs they found amounted to a retail value of £50,000. All of them are now under the possession of the Anti-Piracy Unit of the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA).
Graham Hebblethwaite, chief officer of West Yorkshire Trading Standard, says about the raid:
Copyright crime is driven by greed and causes a loss of millions of pounds to retailers of West Yorkshire and to members of the music and entertainment industry every year. […] The haul of items from this operation should send out a clear warning to individuals involved in the illegal copyright industry that they will dealt with severely. This sort of crime carries a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment.