Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang's sales of PSP consoles unlawful.
it seems jack asinine to shut someone down for making a product available to a wider audience, especially in a market where a competing product holds 70% of the market share.
i frequently ordered from lik-sang and am sad to see it go.
This is like the third time they've been "shut down"
Microsoft did it 4-5 years ago when they used to sell mod chips. They are just another HK pirate site, only they were forced to go semi legit. All they had to do was comply with the C&D to not sell hardware cross borders to other regions. Even their PS3 pre-sale was ridiculous, and they were perfectly willing to send Japanese PS3's to Europe and North America without differenciating the two.
ANd I don't how in the world taking 30% of the almost monopolistic market share on handheld gaming devices on their first try could be considered anything but a ringing success.
Sure they moved a lot of consoles, but what have they done for the PSP lately? Aside from GTA rehashes (which completely suck on the PSP because of lack of second analog), has anything worthwhile been released in months?
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Pointless, you can't kill off the grey-market any more than you can kill off the black-market.
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masteen wrote:Sure they moved a lot of consoles, but what have they done for the PSP lately? Aside from GTA rehashes (which completely suck on the PSP because of lack of second analog), has anything worthwhile been released in months?
What's amusing about this is apparently, according ti Lik-Sang records, numerous Sony executives ordered PSPs from them when they were first released in Japan. Sony had no comment.
