Sony has
confirmed that it won't allow companies to import its new games console into the
UK ahead of its official release date.
The company has said it will use the "full scope of the law" to stop people
from importing Playstation 3 consoles from other countries. The console will go
on sale before Christmas in Japan and the US, but the British and other
Europeans must wait until March 2007.
A British judge has ruled that the Taiwanese company
Lik
Sang, which specialises in importing Japanese products to Europe, would not
be allowed to sell Sony's PSP (Playstation Portable) console in Europe.
Sony says that it would use the same law to stop shops from importing the PS3
when it arrives. A spokesman for the company told the BBC: "The law is clear:
importing PS2, PSP or PS3 into the EU, without the express permission of Sony,
is illegal."
The company has previously taken similar steps to stop companies from
importing its Playstation 2 console, and to prevent people from fitting 'mod
chips' that allow copied and imported games to be played.
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