UK Appeals Court Overturns Mr. Mod Chips Conviction
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Crime, Intellectual Property, News | 1 Comment »A UK Appeals Court overturned the conviction of Neil Higgs, also known as Mr. Mod Chips, on Wednesday. Higgs was initially found guilty of selling thousands of mod chips -- devices that allow users to play imported and pirated ...
New Zealand “Rampage” Blamed on GTA
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Crime, New Complaint, News, Rockstar | No Comments »Twenty-five year old Tim Reid of New Zealand was recently on trial for his December 29, 2007 assault on a police officer followed by the theft of the officer's car. What makes Reid's case interesting is that his attorney, ...
San Diego GOP Chairman: Video Game Pirate?
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Crime, Hilarious, Intellectual Property, News, Politics, Stupid Politics | 5 Comments »According to a lengthy article posted at The Raw Story, San Diego Republican Chairman and head of the state party's budget committee Tony Krvaric is co-founder of Fairlight, one of the world's largest and oldest software cracking rings. Krvaric, ...
GTA Does Lead to Crime? UPS Employees Caught Stealing
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Crime, News, Rockstar | No Comments »Ben Kuchera over at Ars Technica reports that a surprising number of UPS workers are being fired for stealing copies of Rockstar's [tag]Grand Theft Auto IV[/tag]. Despite the collective cries of [tag]gamers[/tag] that GTA doesn't lead to real [tag]crime[/tag], ...
Man, Senior Arrested in Video Game Scam
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Crime, Fraud, Hilarious, News | 10 Comments »Frank Buchanan, 30, and his mother Dorothy Mae Buchanan, 68, were recently arrested in Minnesota for engaging a in scam that defrauded retailers out of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. Buchanan allegedly bought and returned nearly 200 video ...
